Authors
Christine Carter
Christine Carter, Ph.D., is the director of the Greater Good Parents program at the Greater Good Science Center, where she writes the Center’s parenting blog, Raising Happiness. She is also the author of the book Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents (Random House, 2010).
Stories by Christine Carter
Raising Happiness: Failure Makes You a Winner
By Christine Carter | May 20, 2013And what all heroes have in common.
Raising Happiness: Video: Dealing with Entitled Kids
By Christine Carter | May 13, 2013Know some entitled brats? A regular gratitude practice could be just the ticket.
Videos and Podcasts: Dealing with Entitled Kids
By Christine Carter | May 13, 2013Know some entitled brats? A regular gratitude practice could be just the ticket.
Raising Happiness: My Love-Hate Relationship with Mother’s Day
By Christine Carter | May 7, 2013How we’re turning it into a kindness scavenger hunt.
Videos and Podcasts: Why Your Happiness Matters
By Christine Carter | April 30, 2013What will it take for you to lead a happy life?
Raising Happiness: Video: Why Your Happiness Matters
By Christine Carter | April 30, 2013What will it take for you to lead a happy life?
Raising Happiness: April Raising Happiness Newsletter: Happy, Successful, & Kind
By Christine Carter | April 29, 2013Parents frequently tell me that they just want their kids to be happy. More often, they act as though they just want their kids to be successful.
Raising Happiness: Three Quick Tips for Saving the Earth
By Christine Carter | April 22, 2013Outsmart the brain boobie-traps that make you wasteful
Raising Happiness: How to Deal with Mean People
By Christine Carter | April 15, 2013Hint: Don’t just turn the other cheek.
Raising Happiness: Meditating with Kids
By Christine Carter | April 8, 2013Want to teach kids a simple meditation? Here's how I do "loving-kindness" meditation.
Videos and Podcasts: Meditating with Kids
By Christine Carter | April 8, 2013Want to teach kids a simple meditation? Here’s how I do “loving kindness” meditation.
Raising Happiness: Dealing with “Gratitude Resistors”
By Christine Carter | April 1, 2013What to do when someone is raining on your gratitude parade
Raising Happiness: I Don’t Care How Big the Market Is: Those Are My Daughters
By Christine Carter | March 28, 2013Our 12 year olds think thong underwear makes them cool
Raising Happiness: Influencing Teens and Tweeners, Part 2
By Christine Carter | March 25, 2013Five more ways to get through to adolescents.
Raising Happiness: Why Mindful Parenting Works
By Christine Carter | March 18, 2013One technique to put a little breathing room into your interaction with kids
Raising Happiness: How to Influence Your Teen, Part 1
By Christine Carter | March 11, 2013Ten ways to decrease their resistance to your wise advice.
Raising Happiness: Happiness Tip: Nag less
By Christine Carter | March 4, 2013Increase the odds that your kids will do things the first time you ask
Raising Happiness: February Raising Happiness Newsletter: Relationship Resources
By Christine Carter | February 27, 2013Are you so over Valentine's Day?
Raising Happiness: Three Surprising Truths about Teens
By Christine Carter | February 18, 2013A scientific expert on adolescence answers our burning questions.
Raising Happiness: Relationship Tip: Say—or Just Think—Thanks
By Christine Carter | February 11, 2013An easy way to feel more in love.
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Five Ways Giving Thanks Can Backfire
April 29, 2013Most of the time, gratitude is good. But research finds that there are situations when "thank you" may be the wrong response.
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How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times
May 13, 2013It's easy to feel grateful when life is good, says Robert Emmons. But when disaster strikes, gratitude is worth the effort.
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Six Tips for Making the Leap to Meaningful Work
May 15, 2013Job satisfaction is at record lows. What does it take to overcome the fear of change, especially in tough economic times?
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How to Think LIke Sherlock Holmes
May 24, 2013These two books give us insights into how brain science can help us understand our nature, improve our lives, and help us empathize with those who may have memory lapses.
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How to Train the Compassionate Brain
May 23, 2013A new study finds that training in compassion makes us more altruistic—and explores the neuroscience behind why.
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2nd International Conference on Positive Psychology: “Giving Hope – Giving Future”
May 22, 2013
Greater Good Events
University of California, Berkeley
Clark Kerr Campus
Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
The GGSC’s six-day Summer Institute will equip educators with social-emotional learning tools that will benefit both students and teachers. Registration is now closed.
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"Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior"
Finds that feeling gratitude produces kind and helpful behavior, even when that behavior is costly to the individual actor.
- "Compassion: An Evolutionary Analysis and Empirical Review"
Compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose function is to enable cooperation and protection of those who...
- "From Jerusalem to Jericho"
This article on bystander intervention in emergency situations suggests that we are likely to help a “shabbily dressed”...
- Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, runs a state-of-the-art neuroscience...
- Northeast Foundation for Children
Northeast Foundation for Children is a non-profit educational organization that offers educators the Responsive Classroom...
- Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship
Based at the University of Michigan Business School, this is a networking community for researchers and practitioners...
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Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence
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