In 2023, in an advisory entitled "Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation," former surgeon general Vivek Murthy wrote that "social disconnection was far more common than I had realized." And the ...

Today, Marc Brackett is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. But he remembers what it was like to be a kid who struggled with his emotions. “I would sometimes just sit ...

Recently, I was talking to my two middle-school sons about the importance of listening the first time they're asked to do something, especially when it really matters. But before I got far, my oldest ...

We all want our children to be well-liked and to have good friends. It can be distressing when they struggle socially, feel isolated, or are left out. When children are teased or excluded, parents ...