Caring Contact.

'If we

don't

ease

each other's stress

through

caring contact,

we will all be

increasingly

distressed.'

Dr. Bruce Perry, leading child psychiatrist

and co-author of Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential - and Endangered

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'While we are

born

for love,

we need to

receive

it

in certain, specific ways in

early life

to  benefit most

from

its

mercy.

We need to

practice

love

as we grow through

difficult social experiences

to best be able to

give it back

in

abundance.

The brain becomes

what it does most frequently

-

it is

shaped

everyday

by

what we

do

-

and what we

don't.

If we don't

practice

empathy,

we can't be

more

emphatic.

If we don't

interact

with people,

we can't

improve

our connections

to them.

If we don't

ease

each other's stress

through

caring contact,

we will all be

increasingly

distressed.'

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