Michael Thompson, Ph.D

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Michael Thompson, Ph.D. is the author or coauthor of nine books, including "Raising Cain" and "Best Friends, Worst Enemies." His newest book, published earlier this month, is "Homesick and Happy: How Time Away from Parents Can Help a Child Grow."

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'The Empathic Civilization': Boys Are The Key To An Empathic Future

(12) Comments | Posted March 3, 2010 | 7:05 AM

As a child psychologist, it is clear to me that the quickest route to a more empathic civilization is to stop beating, belittling and in other ways psychologically scarring boys when they are young. Boys from traumatized backgrounds with brutal fathers can grow up to be tyrants and murderers--think about...

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