Don’t want to raise a psychopath? Be sensitive to a child’s distress
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 19:15
in Psychology & Sociology
How do you stop a child, especially one who has experienced significant adversity, from growing up to be a psychopath? Responsive, empathetic caregiving -- especially when children are in distress -- helps prevent boys from becoming callous, unemotional adolescents, according to a new study of children raised in foster care.