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The Four Keys to Well-Being

By Richard Davidson — 2016

Dr. Richard Davidson explains that well-being is a skill that can be practiced and strengthened.

Read on greatergood.berkeley.edu

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Dealing with Disappointment: Michele Borba’s Guide for Raising Kids Who Don’t Fall Apart (Even During a Pandemic)

A lot of children today fall apart when they experience disappointing setbacks.

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Michele Borba
2021
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The Psychological Effects of Divorce on Children

As a marriage dissolves, some parents find themselves asking questions like, “Should we stay together for the kids?” Other parents find divorce is their only option.

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Amy Morin, LCSW
2021
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Teaching Your Child Emotional Agility

It’s hard to see a child unhappy. Whether a child is crying over the death of a pet or the popping of a balloon, our instinct is to make it better, fast. That’s where too many parents get it wrong, says the psychologist Susan David, author of the book “Emotional Agility.

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KJ Dell’Antonia
2016
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Cultivating Empathy in My Children, from a Neuroscience Perspective

Empathy is divided into cognitive, emotional and applied empathy, all of which are valuable. For empathy to truly be useful to the human condition, our kids must have applied empathy, or compassion.

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Erin Clabough
2019
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Resilience Guide for Parents and Teachers

Children’s problems include adapting to a new classroom, bullying by classmates, or abuse at home, but resilience is the ability to thrive despite these challenges.

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Mary K. Alvord, Robin Gurwitch, Jana Martin, Ronald S. Palomares
2012
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Harvard Psychologist to Parents: Do These 7 Things If You Want to Raise Kids with Flexible, Resilient Brains

Based on years of research in neuroscience and psychology, here are seven parenting rules to help your kid build a brain that is flexible and therefore resilient.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett
2020
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How to Raise a Resilient Kid But Not a Stubborn Loner

Resiliency is about standing back and letting them fail, yes. But there’s far more to it than that.

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Lizzy Francis
2020
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