How Caregivers Can Cultivate Moments of Positivity
Judith Moskowitz explains how positive emotion skills can help us cope with stress.
How to Build a Resilient Family When Your Child Has Developmental Differences
When your child has special needs, you can find strength in yourself, your family, and your community.
How Humility Can Help New Parents Get Along
Recent research suggests that relationships marked by greater humility can help moms and dads in the transition to parenthood.
Dear Christine: How Can I Help My Stressed-Out Teenager?
Christine Carter offers a parent three ways to help her daughter handle stress.
Five Childhood Experiences That Lead to a More Purposeful Life
Research suggests that our paths to finding purpose can be shaped by early childhood experiences.
Sadness Changes How Boys Relate to Others
A new study explores how boys' moods can make them less willing to share.
Dear Christine: How Do I Deal with My Son’s Substance Abuse?
Concerned parents confront the fact that their son may be addicted to drugs and alcohol.
How I Learned to Forgive My Father
Jill Suttie struggled her whole life to make peace with her alcoholic father—and with herself.
Five Childhood Experiences That Lead to a More Purposeful Life
Research suggests that our paths to finding purpose can be shaped by early childhood experiences.
Dear Christine: How Can I Handle Life with an Aging Parent and Young Kids?
A member of the Sandwich Generation struggles with feeling overwhelmed, sad, and stuck.
How I Learned to Forgive My Father
Jill Suttie struggled her whole life to make peace with her alcoholic father—and with herself.
What Does It Mean If Your Child Is Sensitive?
Thirty years of research reveals why some kids are "orchids" and others are "dandelions."
Sadness Changes How Boys Relate to Others
A new study explores how boys' moods can make them less willing to share.
What Happens When We Seek Status Instead of Goodness?
The college-admissions scandal reveals how far we're willing to go in seeking status—but there's a healthier alternative.
Dear Christine: How Can I Help My Stressed-Out Teenager?
Christine Carter offers a parent three ways to help her daughter handle stress.
A Better Way to Develop Your Child’s Confidence
Instead of praising children to build up their self-esteem, they need relief from too much self-focus.