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In our hyper-connected, social-media-saturated society, many of us (especially young people) are so obsessed with snapping 'selfies' and living a virtual life online that we're forgetting how to care for the people right in front of us IRL (that's 'in real life') . The resulting Selfie Syndrome is leading to an empathy crisis among today's youth; teens today are forty percent less empathetic than they were just a generation ago, and narcissism has increased fifty-eight percent during that same period. But there is a solution: studies show that the antidote to Selfie Syndrome is empathy.
About the Author
Michele Borba, Ed. D., is an internationally renowned educational psychologist and an expert in parenting, bullying, and character development. She is an award-winning author of 22 books that have been translated into 14 languages. One of the foremost authorities on childhood development, she is an NBC contributor who appears regularly on Today and has been featured as an expert on Dateline, The View, Dr. Phil, NBC Nightly News, Fox & Friends, The Dr. Oz Show, and The Early Show, among many other programs. She has spoken to over 1 million participants on 5 continents and to organizations including Sesame Street, U.S. Air Force Academy, HRR, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, McDonalds, Johnson & Johnson, Harvard, and 18 overseas Army Bases. Her TEDx talk has garnered 15k views and she has been a media spokesperson for brands like Kellog's, Nikon, Walmart, and more. She lives in Palm Springs, California, with her husband, and she is the mother of three grown sons. To contact her for speaking on her website at Dr. Michele Borba or American Program Bureau.
