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Born for Love: Too Much Empathy?
As promised, here is my first post about Szalavitz and Perry’s book Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential- and Endangered. If you have also picked up this book, please share your thoughts. What did...
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Born for Love: Baby Love
Slowly but surely, I’m working my way through Szalavitz and Perry’s book Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential- and Endangered. In case you missed it, check out last month’s post on Too Much Empathy....
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I’m still working my way through Szalavitz and Perry’s book Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential- and Endangered. In case you missed them, check out last June’s post on Too Much Empathy or July’s...
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Born for Love: A Society Built for Empathy
Today is my final post on Szalavitz and Perry’s book Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential- and Endangered. In case you missed them, check out last June’s post on Too Much Empathy, July’s post on...
View ArticleLiterary Toolbox: Doing Good Together
Are you leading a group of scouts? A youth group? Organizing the local play group? Or simply looking for creative ideas for your family? If so, check out Doing Good Together: 101 Easy, Meaningful...
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Literary Toolbox: Above All Be Kind
Above All Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times by Zoe Wiel is the next parenting book to surface in my bedside stack. Somehow, in the serendipitous way that books often have, it seems...
View ArticleLiteray Toolbox: Empathy and the Sensitive Child
A few months ago I posted about the possibility of too much empathy. For those of you with an extra-sensitive child, you’ve seen this phenomenon in action. A very sensitive child can be so aggravated...
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Literary Toolbox: The Family Dinner
With beautiful illustrations, a treasury of innovative recipes, and great ideas for meaningful, memorable evening meals, The Family Dinner by Laurie David and Kristin Uhrenholdt is a book you’ll want...
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Literary Toolbox: Sharing Nature with Children
Whether your plan to lead a scouts troop on outdoor adventures this summer or just hope to shape meaningful outdoor experiences with your own child, Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell is a...
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Literary Toolbox: Serving up the Harvest
One way our family connects with nature is in the garden. My kids are my planters, my worm finders, my harvesters (my sneak-in-and-eat-the-last good-asparagas-stalk-ers, and, during harvest season,...
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