Born For Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
Reading this book opened my perspective of other people and made me have more empathy for everyone. I was able to remember once again that we can never judge other people, having no idea what has shaped their world. The book was very sad honestly, as it discussed the many ways young children's lives go wrong to prevent them from properly developing empathy. Or properly developing at all. Reading this book makes me want to save all the children. Ask Taylor, I keep telling him I need to save the children. My world view has been expanded, my love for others has been increased, and my desire to make a difference has been strengthened. The book expands on the authors' first book The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog. We hear more stories as the authors explain how empathy develops and how it can be impaired organically and by circumstance. I found the book engaging but I liked The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog. This has fewer stories and fewer points. There is a chapter entirely on why Iceland rocks and America is messed up - which read a little more like a newspaper article. It was like the article had been rejected by a magazine so they threw it in with the book. The last chapters were a really long summary, though the first chapters were very interesting and engaging. So, if you only have a time to read one book read the other one.
What do You think about Born For Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered (2010)?
Okay, but not nearly as engaging as Dr. Perry's other book, "The Boy who was Raised as a Dog."
—rikki_mae
another book i wish i'd read before i had babies.
—slim
