Like gratitude, practicing kindness can uplift us, connect us more deeply to others, and inspire those around us to engage more kindly in their worlds. Kindness, like putting a smile on your face when you’re feeling dour, can improve your mood. It can help you get unstuck from your rut. Kindness helps you reach out, […]
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In a recent episode of the Planet Money Podcast, the Planet Money team turns to an economist to help address listeners’ dating and relationship questions. It’s listening gold. And often spot on advice in many ways, made more accessible for some presented as behavioral economics. For one young caller, the guest economist Tim Hartford gives
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Arthur Allen wrote a fascinating introduction to technology that tells us how we’re feeling. He describes some remarkable situations in which tech can foster our capacity to understand our emotional experiences and learn from them. He also discusses ways in which we can use this technology to learn about the emotional experiences of those around
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From NPR: “Facebook Takes On Cyberbullies As More Teens Leave Site” by EMILY SINER November 07, 2013 A taste: “The social networking site with 1.2 billion users worldwide released a “bullying prevention hub” this week. It’s essentially an online resource center with suggestions for teens, parents and educators on how to address bullying — both
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Some helpful Do’s & Don’t’s and Parenting Strategies from my colleague Zach Rawlings. “Remember that by understanding your child’s threshold for stress and connecting with them in meaningful ways will have a positive effect on their development. Don’t shy away from being vulnerable with your child and always look for ways to incorporate more affirmation
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There’s no reasonable expectation that parents will monitor all online activities of their children. (Adults have a hard enough time monitoring, and limiting, their own online activities.) At the same time, untethered freedom of online activities can easily expose children to online bullying, elicit material and even sites that promote self-injury and suicide as reasonable
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Bullying can have detrimental impacts, short-term and long-term, emotional and physical. These health impacts can be suffered by children and adults, both during a bullying relationship and long after it’s over. One common example we see around us is disordered eating where a bullying victim may cope with the stress by comfort eating or overly
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Last week I attended an author talk at the Denver JCC by Emily Bazelon (@emilybazelon) of Slate and Yale Law School. She has researched and written about bullying extensively, including her book Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. Some more of my thoughts on her
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The Ben Cohen Stand Up Foundation http://www.standupfoundation.com The Foundation “award[s] grants to support work that helps stop bullying, helps those hurt by bullies and/or helps increase tolerance in sports.” Mission: To raise awareness of the long-term, damaging effects of bullying and to raise funds to support those doing real-world work to stop it. Vision: To build
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Last week I attended an author talk at the Denver JCC by Emily Bazelon (@emilybazelon) of Slate and Yale Law School. She has researched and written about bullying extensively, including her book Sticks & Stones:; Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. Some more of my thoughts on her research: Bullying
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