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10/22/2021
This is Kolton. Today at school he was allowed to dress like an athlete. May of his friends were excited to wear a jersey of their favorite football, basketball, baseball, hockey player. But not Kolton. It’s his self-appointed job to tell the world skateboarding is a sport.
08/19/2015
Thriving: Kids, Spirituality, Social Networks, and Born Believers | Biola University Center for...
08/19/2015
A Serving of Gratitude Brings Healthy Dividends A new series of experiments and studies shows, for the first time, that the feeling of gratitude is linked to lower rates of aggression.
08/19/2015
Want to be happy? Be grateful | Q Ideas The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says Brother David Steindl-Rast, a monk and interfaith scholar. And happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude.
08/19/2015
How Gratitude Just Might Save Your Life - Robert Emmons You ought to say thanks. At LEAST once a year. Gratitude is a sign of good character and social courtesy. We've known that for thousands of years, right? But modern psychology, especially recent work
08/19/2015
TEDxTC - Peter Benson - Sparks: How Youth Thrive. Peter L. Benson, president and CEO of Minneapolis-based Search Institute, is one of the world's leading authorities on positive human development. Dr. Benson...
08/19/2015
Mistakes Improve Children's Learning Most adults understand that making mistakes is part of life. Yet we pressure our kids to get it right! If they make errors or experience setbacks, parents envision a successful future slipping from grasp. Actually, the opposite is true. Making and learning from mistakes improves young people’s posit…
08/19/2015
The Psychology of Youth Sports There’s a good deal of hype about the value of children’s sports. If families understand the benefits and pitfalls, children are more likely to be winners for life.
08/19/2015
Students Behaving Badly? A Trip to the Principal Could Be the Wrong Approach Many schools are becoming adverse to harsh discipline measures, but that leaves teachers to wonder how best to address student behavioral issues.
08/19/2015
How Caring for Community Helps the Caregivers Too It is a little-known secret that caregivers, volunteers & activists benefit as much, if not more, than the people they are helping.
08/19/2015
Why so many kids can’t sit still in school today A pediatric occupational therapist says schools keep kids in their chairs far too long.
08/19/2015
Self-Control, Willpower and the Mischel Marshmallow Experiment In the late 1960s, Walter Mischel tempted children with marshmallows: have one now, he offered, or wait to get two. The study is one of the select few that has entered popular consciousness, a success helped by Youtube clips that show children squirming as they try to maintain their resolve to wait.…