Dr. Max Wachtel discusses how teaching empathy skills to your boys prepares them for the complexities of modern life: school, friendships, bullying, careers, and relationships.

Dr. Wachtel is the 9NEWS Psychologist for KUSA-TV in Denver, Colorado. He is a forensic psychologist in practice at The Colorado Center For Clinical Excellence, and he is the author of “The One Rule For Boys: How Empathy And Emotional Understanding Will Improve Just About Everything For Your Son.”

The One Rule For Boys: How Empathy And Emotional Understanding Will Improve Just About Everything For Your Son
http://www.amazon.com/The-One-Rule-Boys-Understanding-ebook/dp/B00PBI6PRS

Dr. Max Wachtel explains how teaching empathy skills to your boys prepares them for the complexities of modern life: school, friendships, bullying, careers, and relationships.

Leadership, assertiveness, and treating women with respect―empathy improves all of these. It may even keep your boys from running over a horse on the side of the road (more on that in Chapter 3).

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