This post was co-authored by Laurel Bongiorno, Ph.D., and Kimberly Quinn, Ph.D. Not being present is exhausting. In this near-post-pandemic era, mindfulness talk has become the new centerpiece of our ...

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Christmas has always been a season of joy, generosity, and togetherness in our family. However, amidst the excitement of gifts and decorations, I’ve noticed how easy it is for the deeper meaning of ...

Though we often think of anger as a negative emotion, it actually has evolved in humans for positive reasons. Anger leads you towards responses that help you overcome obstacles, alerts you to danger ...

Kindness may be its own reward, but it seems that teaching children to care for others may also pay off in better results in class. Children who are kinder and more generous to their classmates score ...

It’s never too early to teach your kids to appreciate nature. In fact, the sooner they learn, the better. They need to be able to appreciate the natural world and understand how important it is to ...

In a world where young minds are growing up surrounded by rapid technological changes and continuous competition, teaching ...

As a divided nation endures violence, protests and crackdowns on freedom of expression, there could not be a more important time to teach young children about the importance of freedom of speech.

There are a lot of good reasons to teach your kids about money. For one, you don’t want your children repeating your financial mistakes. Also, if you raise financially savvy adults, chances are they ...