Can We Raise Kids to Feel Empathy for Nature?
A new study suggests that encouraging children to empathize with nature could influence their attitudes about the environment.
Are Humans Meant to Share Beds?
Here's what research says about the benefits and drawbacks of sleeping alongside your kids and partners.
How Friendships With Elders Help Teens Find Purpose
Talking and thinking about their goals, identities, and values can help teens develop a sense of purpose and even spur their brain development.
How to Help Your Loved Ones Stick to Their Goals
Want to help friends and family follow through on their New Year resolutions? Christine Carter has seven tips for you.
The Best Greater Good Articles of 2024
We round up the most-read and highly rated Greater Good articles from the past year.
The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2024
Our team names the most provocative and influential findings published during this past year.
Our Favorite Parenting Books of 2024
Greater Good picks our favorite books to help parents and their kids nurture love, connection, and resilience.
Our Favorite Books of 2024
Greater Good’s editors pick the most thought-provoking, practical, and inspirational science books of the year.
How to Find Your Purpose in Life
Are you struggling to discover your purpose? That may be because you feel isolated from other people. Here's how you can overcome that.
What Inside Out 2 Reveals About the Diversity of Emotions
The new Pixar film explores adolescence by bringing its complicated feelings to life.
Five Things Teens Wish You Knew About Them
To allow teens to become the best adults they can be, family researcher Ellen Galinsky says we must reframe the way we view the teenage years.
The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2024
Our team names the most provocative and influential findings published during this past year.
Our Favorite Books of 2024
Greater Good’s editors pick the most thought-provoking, practical, and inspirational science books of the year.
The Best Greater Good Articles of 2024
We round up the most-read and highly rated Greater Good articles from the past year.
How Cosleeping Can Help You and Your Baby
The decision whether to cosleep with your baby is extremely controversial—and there are two sides to the story.
Why “Boy” Culture Is Hurting Boys and Everyone Else
Psychologist Niobe Way argues that we need to pay better attention to what boys and men say they need socially and emotionally.