Researchers are exploring what epidemiology—the science of how disease spreads—might teach us about spreading compassion.

Small, evidence-based practices are helping teachers foster connection, resilience, and hope amid extraordinary uncertainty.

A new book investigates how the U.S. criminal justice system targets survivors of domestic violence to prosecute them for ...

Kids learn to bully from adults’ threats, manipulation, and criticism. A child psychologist explains how parents can model ...

Confronting your unmet expectations can clarify what matters to you, strengthen your resilience, and spark creativity.

The United States has never had a woman president. Even though many Americans believe women are just as deserving as men when it comes to leadership, gender bias remains, making it hard for women to ...

There’s a funny thing that happens when people fall in love: We sometimes end up in relationships that might challenge what society believes a “real” relationship looks like. Take, for example, a ...

At the end of winter break at a West St. Paul, Minnesota, elementary school, more than 50 students did not return to class. At the time, federal immigration agents were conducting military-style ...

It was a Words with Friends chat that first gave Megan Phelps-Roper pause. People have a marked tendency to cling to past investments, whether financial, social, or emotional—even when it becomes ...

A teen girl approaches her parents with a grievance: She believes she is treated unfairly. “I feel like you’re giving my older brother much more privileges. It’s not just my age, I feel like you trust ...

Leslie and Josh came to therapy to talk about their son’s problems in school. But it soon became apparent that they had a different problem altogether—one common to working parents. Their daily ...

Every generation of teens is shaped by the social, political, and economic events of the day. Today’s teenagers are no different—and they’re the first generation whose lives are saturated by mobile ...