children Tag

Children who report having more support in their community are also more likely to have high self-esteem, optimism, overall health, happiness and less sadness, says a study conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The study looked at children in their middle years...

15 September, 2010

by Sherri Fisher for Positive Psychology News Daily Recently I_ã_ve had several meetings with parents of high schoolers. Like most parents of kids this age, they are consumed with concerns about their child_ã_s achievement: How does my kid really measure up? Will he get into a...

09 September, 2010

Positive Psychology in Parenting by Shadra Bruce for Mental Health News Positive psychology, an approach to mental health that focuses on the ways in which people thrive, has a number of applications. Not only is it useful in the treatment of mental health disorders, often helping...

15 August, 2010

by Penny Marshall As I turn the pages of our family photo albums, I see countless pictures of our children growing up. Most of the shots capture moments of happiness or achievement: my daughters are laughing on care-free holidays under azure summer skies, or clutching a...

29 July, 2010

by Jeremy McCarthy for Positive Psychology News Daily As a new parent, I can tell you that there seems to be a surprising lack of guidance from science about how to have (and raise) a child. Since Catherine and I first learned we were expecting,...

28 July, 2010

Searching For Happiness? 5 Simple Secrets You Can Learn From Your Children If you want to know the secret to finding happiness you need to look no further than your own children. Here are five secrets to being happy that you can learn from your kids:...

04 May, 2010

Check out my latest article on babble.com.au Hello readers _ã_ and happy New Year! It_ã_s early January, and I hope most of you are thinking about the year ahead with excitement and optimism. Every December 31/January 1 brings new opportunities but with these new opportunities also...

21 January, 2010

By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY   Being a friend of Chandler DeWitt's means never having to say "Where are you?" The freshman at North Carolina's High Point University says she and her friends have "six or seven ways" to get in touch most days: cellphone, texting, instant messaging,...

20 January, 2010

They say children bring about laughter, and a new study published by the Journal of Happiness Studies in October confirms this by suggesting that having children does indeed boost happiness for married couples. The findings also show that unmarried couples shouldn_ã_t expect this same happiness through...

06 January, 2010