A high school teacher gives his students projects that offer opportunities to help others. He finds these projects generate a ...

Today, Marc Brackett is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. But he remembers what it was like to be a kid who struggled with his emotions. “I would sometimes just sit ...

Parenting with confidence and ease seems to get harder each week. How do we honestly encourage our children to believe in a safe future when headlines are covered with violence, from the streets of ...

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We all know children who just can’t seem to get life “right.” They really want others to like them, but the harder they try, the worse they seem to do. They are like pieces of a puzzle that do not fit ...

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The beloved Muppets are teaching children how to deal with complex emotions. — -- Big Bird and his "Sesame Street" buddies are taking on a new mission: helping kids learn to cope with stress and ...

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