Summary Of Fighting Bullying With Babies By David Bornstein

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In “Fighting Bullying with Babies” author David Bornstein writes about a proposal to help stop bullying in school. Bornstein states that, “We know that humans are hardwired to be aggressive and selfish. But growing body of research is demonstrating that there is also a biological basis for human compassion.” (448) Bornstein also gives a look into an organization that actually uses babies to help redirect a child’s way of thinking. This organization called Roots of Empathy uses a mother and baby between the ages of two to four months. They introduce the baby to a class of children on a green blanket that stands for new life and nature. The children are then to observe how the baby reacts to them. Bornstein says, “I have visited several public

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