Are Smartphones Bad for Teen Mental Health?
This generation has seen serious increases in mental health problems, but smartphones are unlikely to blame.
Is It Still Father’s Day If Your Kids Won’t Speak to You?
Masculine ideals can make it harder for fathers to reconcile with estranged children. Here are some tips for overcoming those barriers.
Seven TV Shows that Highlight the Best in Fatherhood
Gone are the bumbling dads of yesteryear. Our crack team of TV watchers found that today's representations of fathers have evolved and diversified.
Gratitude Is a Survival Skill
As a child, Shawn Taylor hated being made to say "thanks." Then his students and his daughter helped him to re-discover the meaning of gratitude.
How Parents Can Hit the Pause Button on Screen Time
Making time for open, unstructured, unplugged play improves relationships and helps children build self-management skills.
Can Gratitude Help Couples Through Hard Times?
New research suggests that thanking our partners for supporting us through hardship may increase their joy and satisfaction in giving.
Five Ways to Help Teens Feel Good about Themselves
As teens struggle with anxiety and perfectionism, how can we help them like who they are?
How One Gratitude Researcher Practices Thankfulness
Inspired by the conflict and adversity in his life, Giacomo Bono now studies the ways we stay connected.
Five Ways to Help Teens Feel Good about Themselves
As teens struggle with anxiety and perfectionism, how can we help them like who they are?
Why Are So Many Adults Today Haunted by Trauma?
Our political and social systems don't support fundamental human needs, says Gabor Mate—which affects our ability to deal with traumatic events.
Why Attachment Parenting Is Not the Same as Secure Attachment
Parents who embrace attachment parenting can be distressed when they can’t live up to its ideals. They shouldn’t be.
How Teens Today Are Different from Past Generations
A psychologist mines big data on teens and finds many ways this generation—the “iGens"—is different from Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials.
Our Best Education Articles of 2017
Readers and editors pick the most interesting, helpful, and skillfully written articles about teaching, students, and schools from the past year.
The Cost of Blaming Parents
Anger toward parents is still at the heart of a great deal of therapy. But has this approach gone too far?
How Parents Can Start to Reconcile with Estranged Kids
In his latest guest blog post, psychologist Joshua Coleman explains that to repair a relationship with estranged children, parents today need…
How Storytelling Can Help a Troubled Marriage
When couples understand where their stories come from, they are in a better position to rewrite the story of their marriage.