Greater Good

Raising Happiness: Your Love Life, Your Child’s Happiness

Articles: The Psychology of Power

Raising Happiness: Teaching Gratitude in a Culture of Entitlement

Videos and Podcasts: The 21st Century Family

Panelists discuss how the definition of family has changed, and that change’s implications for our society.

Articles: (Same-sex) marriage and families

Articles: New Americans, New Families

At a time when people are lamenting the death of the American family, Ross D. Parke, Scott Coltrane, and Thomas Schofield discovered that many of its ideals are alive and well—and they’re being imported from Mexico.

Articles: Love, Honor, and Thank

Researchers Jess Alberts and Angela Trethewey have found that a successful relationship doesn’t just depend on how partners divide their household chores, but on how they each express gratitude for the work the other one puts in.

Articles: How to Avoid Labor Pains

Articles: Primal Empathy & The Roots of Morality

Articles: Marriage, No Marriage and Happy Marriage

Articles: Sacrificial Rights (and Wrongs)

Articles: Inspiring Good Work

Steroid abuse. Accounting tricks. Plagiarism. Budding professionals are learning these tricks of their trades from mentors, say researchers Wendy Fischman and Howard Gardner. Who will inspire them to practice ethics and excellence on the job?

Articles: Book Review: The Hand of Compassion

by Kristen Renwick Monroe
Princeton University Press, 2004, 392 pages

Articles: For the Victims of Violence

Articles: Social Security Benefits