Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered
Written by Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz
Narrated by Corey M. Snow
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About this audiobook
In this unforgettable book, award-winning science journalist Maia Szalavitz and renowned child-psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry explain how empathy develops, why it is essential both to human happiness and for a functional society, and how it is threatened in a modern world.
Bruce D. Perry
Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D., is the senior fellow of the ChildTrauma Academy (www.ChildTrauma.org), a not-for-profit organization based in Houston that is dedicated to improving the lives of high-risk children, and he is an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago. He is the author, with Maia Szalavitz, of The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, a bestselling book based on his work with maltreated children.
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Reviews for Born for Love
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An excellent book. Full of insights on why empathy is important in everyone's lives; why some people have it...and some people don't. A must read for anyone intending to have, or already have, young children. Lots of insights into how to not mess up your child's mind and capability for empathy.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great book that describes why and how empathy is important