Teachers can help students develop their social and emotional skills as they monitor and evaluate their own learning experiences.

Stripped of ritual and heavy symbolism, its ideas translate surprisingly well into everyday parenting moments: handling failure, staying focused, treating others fairly, and making calm decisions ...

When I teach self-compassion to kids in schools, I do an exercise in which kids imagine that a friend of theirs has lost or broken something special. How would they respond to their friend? I then ask ...

“Do we really get to stay up late? All the way to the big countdown?” asked the 7-year old. “That’s right, you get to ring in the New Year as long as you can stay awake kiddo!” said the smiling father ...

Self-awareness unfolds in three movements. First, we observe. Then, we reflect. Finally, we act. Observation is the spotlight: the capacity to notice what is happening in the moment. Reflection is the ...