A new paper looks at how stress affects children's development, and how parents can help protect kids from harm.

Most of us try to listen harder when a conversation gets difficult. Here’s a more useful shift: Listen more deliberately.

Too often, parents and teachers try to force kids to apologize and forgive. But research suggests there’s a better way that ...

New research suggests that chatbots still don’t measure up to humans when it comes to connection and well-being.

My husband, Don, will talk to anyone. In line at a store, on a plane, in a parking lot; it doesn’t matter where we’re at, he’ll engage. In fact, I have my current job because he was gregarious enough ...

They found a connection between regular acts of forgiveness and a rise in the sense of psychological, more than physical, ...

In a new book, philosopher Krista Lawlor explores how being able to reliably see what matters can foster more productive ...

I recently moved to a new apartment, an occasion that calls for celebration—preferably outdoors in my brand-new backyard. But I didn’t expect how much being in a different space would disrupt my sense ...

That line from 2014 movie Ex Machina keeps surfacing as I watch my students navigate a world increasingly shaped by ...

In this video from our Bridging Differences for Parents and Teens series, learn how particular mindsets can foster awareness of why appreciating differences is worthwhile. Noticing the history and ...

Psychologists generally define forgiveness as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group who has harmed you, regardless of whether they ...

If you think you’re hearing the word “empathy” everywhere, you’re right. It’s now on the lips of scientists and business leaders, education experts and political activists. But there is a vital ...