Today, Marc Brackett is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. But he remembers what it was like to be a kid who struggled with his emotions. “I would sometimes just sit ...

A high school teacher gives his students projects that offer opportunities to help others. He finds these projects generate a ...

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Nonverbal language skill is very important in the development of relationships. Difficulties in nonverbal communication could short-circuit children’s attempts to connect with others to form ...

Back-to-school season can be a hectic time for parents. You're settling your kids into a new routine, preparing them mentally for the new school year and adding homework help and lunch prep to your ...

Trauma is never the same for everyone. People have different ways to deal with trauma whether it is finding comfort in others or feeling too ashamed of it. A lot of people refuse to believe that kids ...

We all know children who just can’t seem to get life “right.” They really want others to like them, but the harder they try, the worse they seem to do. They are like pieces of a puzzle that do not fit ...