by Michele Borba | Jun 21, 2016 | Character and Moral Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness, UnSelfie
Empathy is the ability to identify with and feel for another person. It’s the powerful quality that halts violent and cruel behavior and urges us to treat others kindly. Empathy emerges naturally and quite early, which means our children are born with a huge...
by Michele Borba | Jun 13, 2016 | Articles, Character and Moral Intelligence, Depression and Suicide, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness, Parenting
“Dear Dr. Borba: My eight-year old is so upset by the terrorist attack in Orlando. He saw the television news. Now he’s afraid to let me out of his sight and cried when his daddy left for work. I don’t know what to tell him or do to make him feel safe. Do you...
by Michele Borba | May 31, 2016 | Articles, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness, Parenting, TODAY Show Appearance, UnSelfie
I admit it, I’m greatly concerned about our kids’ emotional and moral health. I’m flying tonight to San Francisco to keynote the American College Health Association about the college mental health crisis. And it is a crisis: one third of all college...
by Michele Borba | May 30, 2016 | Emotional Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness, UnSelfie
In 1966, Newsweek released the first part of their landmark cover story, “The Teen-Agers” A Newsweek Survey of What They’re Really Like,” investigating everything from politics and pop culture to teens’ views of their parents, their...
by Michele Borba | May 29, 2016 | Character and Moral Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions, UnSelfie
Of course we want our kids to be compassionate and sensitive to other people’s feelings. The problem is that many kids’ “empathy potential” is greatly handicapped because they don’t have the ability to identify and express emotions. They have...
by Michele Borba | Apr 25, 2016 | Anxiety, Pessimism, World Worries, Character and Moral Intelligence, Courage and Assertiveness, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness, featured, Friendship and Social Competence, UnSelfie
Most parents would tell you that sensitive kids usually arrive that way. By nature these children seem more “touchy” from birth: they’re more sensitive to sound and change, tear-up easily, and take criticism far too seriously. Though those traits can be highly...