Mary Gordon is as an award-winning social entrepreneur, an educator, author, child advocate and parenting expert. She is the creator and President of the Roots of Empathy and Seeds of Empathy programs and a global leading expert on empathy. Mary and Myrrhanda discuss the life-long impact of developing empathy as a child and why countries need policies and programs in place to support the parent-child bond.

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Stuff mentioned in this episode:

• Roots of Empathy program: https://rootsofempathy.org/
• Mary Gordon: https://rootsofempathy.org/who-we-are/
• Book recommendation: The Second Mountain by David Brooks https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/217649/the-second-mountain-by-david-brooks/9780812993264/:

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Produced by Myrrhanda Novak