During a tantrum, your child’s body is constantly communicating. The anger phase hits first and hard. This is when you’ll see ...

Research indicates that a variety of different social behaviors help prevent loneliness and foster a sense of community and ...

A new book examines why relationships are in crisis in our technology-infused society—and what can be done about it.

The five "resilience animals" can help children and caregivers learn to be mindful and self-compassionate in moments of ...

A new study suggests that even across cultures, there is a lot of similarity in where humans find purpose in life and how it ...

Societal polarization has reached the classroom. But teaching students to share and listen to different perspectives is a ...

But even spending 30 seconds planning some talking points makes conversations more fluid, with less awkward transitions, fewer pauses, and less umm-ing and uhh-ing, her research suggests. It also ...

Small practices, repeated regularly and with intentionality, can help students feel a sense of belonging at school.

Does your organization foster compassion or callousness? While we often think about compassion as an individual quality, the organizations where we spend our time—such as workplaces, schools, places ...

After 40 years studying forgiveness, Robert Enright explores how we define it and why people are skeptical about it.

Yet research shows that it’s not realistic, or possible, or even healthy to expect that our relationships will be harmonious all the time. Everything we know from developmental science and research on ...