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“Bruce Perry is both an international-class creative scientist and a compassionate therapist.”
—Mary Pipher, creator of Reviving Ophelia
Born for Love is the definitive book on empathy. Renowned psychiatrist Bruce Perry has gave the impression on Oprah, CNN, National Public Radio’s All Things Regarded as, and other programs as an expert on this hot area of neuroscience, and has been cited as such in Newsweek, the New York Times, and The New Yorker (in a story written by Malcolm Gladwell). He and co-author Maia Szalavitz explore empathy’s startling importance in human evolution and its significance for our youngsters and our society. The authors of The Boy Who was once Raised as a Dog present a formidable case that love is very important…and endangered.