![]() ![]() (07:56)Ĭhildren also do not read for pleasure enough. Play, like role-playing, is not given much importance. Parents are also more concerned about test scores, and this resonates with how kids behave. (06:47)ĭigital devices such as smartphones can affect emotional literacy, but this is just one dimension to it. Michele calls narcissism or self-absorption the selfie syndrome. Research shows that empathy is going down while narcissism is going up. However, it will remain dormant if parents do not intentionally nurture it. Michele shares research showing that kids are hardwired to care. (05:13)Ĭhildren are hardwired for empathy, but parents should cultivate it. It is an antidote to prevent bullying and racism. ![]() Many scientific studies show that empathy can result in better mental health and resiliency in kids. We shouldn’t think of empathy as soft and fluffy. It is the ability to feel with another human being. You can download a transcript of this week’s episode here.Įmpathy makes a child happy and successful. For more information on the study please visit /en-gb/benefitsofdollplay I hope you enjoy the episode and as always, we continue the conversation over on Instagram, so do come and join us there. We have a fantastic conversation all about empathy, and why exactly it is a super power. Michele is known as ‘America’s most trusted parenting expert’, and her most recent book, UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed In Our All-About-Me World, helps parents to develop empathy in their children. Michele Borba, who is a world-renowned parenting expert and author of 22 books. Through Neuroscience, research found that doll play activates brain regions that allow children to develop empathy and social information processing skills, even when playing by themselves. Gray also noted that Barbie's social media pages reflects many different hairstyles for their black dolls.Sponsored episode in partnership with Barbie.Ĭommissioned by Barbie and led by Cardiff University, ‘Exploring the Benefits of Doll Play through Neuroscience’ is the first scientific study using neuroscience to explore the positive impact doll play has on children. “The hairstyle isn’t my style, but there are black women who wear their hair like that and to conclude that they ‘don’t belong’ is wrong to me.” “I hate that so many black women were commenting and alluding to the notion that the black doll ‘didn’t belong’ with the white dolls who had sleek pulled back hair,” Gray said. Gray said that she believes it has to due with the fact that the representation of black women has been limited, and that the doll's critics felt that Mattel was putting black women into a box with the doll. Yahoo Lifestyle reached out to Danielle Gray, of Style & Beauty Doctor to understand why the reaction to the doll was so divisive. Those “cornrows” and the blonde hair… what is she supposed to be a black and mild edition barbie? snjdjsjdks i- /B95oQyZWhz- missjosébaby April 30, 2018 Who in THEE HELL did black Barbie’s hair like this ? Does anyone black work there #ineedanswers #thisiswhywecantletitgo #barbie #blackbarbie #barbiestyle /Q60SNeIDH9- Ebony Brown April 28, 2018 ![]() ![]() And they called out Barbie for what they believed to be offensive content.Ĭorn rows & a ratchet blonde weave ? why y’all playing in black Barbie’s face ? Sis looks like her hair girl has an emergency and had to go ?♀️?♀️?♀️ - Joliette Mechele April 30, 2018 I don't see what the issue is, y'all say y'all want inclusion but want the Black dolls to have hair like the white ones? Black girls have different hair Barbie is embracing that, why can't you? - Cher Cropper April 29, 2018 Y’all hating on that black Barbie but her hair is bomb- mermaid princess April 29, 2018 People immediately flocked to social media to speak their piece about the hairstyle, which interpreted the faux side buzz cut trend with cornrows. ![]()
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