A Lot of Casual Friends, or Only a Few You’re Really Close With? New Research Questions That Trade‑Off
Is there a natural trade-off between quantity and quality when it comes to the friends in your circle?
Always on Guard? Learn What Drives Defensiveness and Get a Therapist’s “Antidote”
The tricky thing about defensiveness is that it “feels protective in the moment,” licensed marriage and family therapist Linda Carroll told Nice News. “But over time, it quietly erodes connection.” Working with families and couples, Carroll has seen how common it is for this issue to arise in relationships — and how detrimental it can
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A Little‑Remembered Gilded Age Millionaire Helped Make Milk Safe for American Kids Through His “Retail Giving”
The 1844 edition of the widely used schoolbook written by William H. McGuffey, “Newly Revised Eclectic Fourth Reader,” includes a dialogue about the difference between “true and false philanthropy.”
Teen Who Lost Mom Paints Free Portraits of Loved Ones for Grieving Families: “I Saw What the Power of Art Could Do”
When Los Angeles-based high schooler Hugh Saetia was 6 years old, he experienced a loss most people don’t grapple with until they’re much older. His mother died. Following her passing from gastrointestinal cancer, Saetia’s father hired a nanny named Marilyn McAllister to help care for his two sons, and the woman became a strong maternal
Play Is Essential for Young Children, Including When It Comes to Their Learning
Prioritizing play offers a variety of benefits for children, from helping them grow their vocabulary to managing their big feelings with fewer behavioral problems.
Play also benefits children’s cognitive and social and emotional development.
But play isn’t always a focus in classrooms, even when it comes to very young children.
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He Drove Cross-Country in a “Giant Purple Van” to Interview Inspiring Americans: Watch Footage From the Project
Before setting out from Los Angeles in a “giant purple van” emblazoned with the words Curiosity Mobile, Scott Shigeoka was feeling unusually pessimistic about the state of the country. Like most of us, his newsfeed had been dominated by negativity, and despite his sunny disposition, he wasn’t exactly brimming with hope. That would soon change.
Kids Learn to Bully at Home — A Child Psychologist Explains How Parents Can Model Better Tactics
Bullying is tied to poor outcomes not only for the child who is bullied but for the bullies themselves, who run a higher risk than their peers of experiencing depression when they become teens. Youth who are bullies also are more likely to engage in aggressive and rule-breaking behavior, have substance use problems, and hang out with other adolescents who share these tendencies.
With 100% Youth-Led Nonprofit, Teen Is Breaking Down Mental Health Stigmas for Young People of Color
When Sarah Shelke was 13 years old, a close teenage family member was diagnosed with depression. It was the first time Shelke witnessed mental health struggles in the real world, and her natural instinct was to educate herself. Within months, she’d enrolled in psychology classes at a community college. “That was really where my idea
With Cross-Country Bike Tour, Motorcyclists Raised Over $1 Million for Wounded Warrior Project
If you happened to see a horde of motorcyclists driving Harley-Davidsons through your town at some point over the past three weeks, you may have caught a glimpse of the Great American Convoy. Concluding today after cruising from Arkansas up to Maine and then over through the Midwest, the epic motorcycle tour raised over $1
US Giving Grew 3% in 2025, Crossing the $600B Mark for the First Time
U.S. charitable giving rose 3% in 2025, surpassing US $600 billion for the first time.
The $617 billion that Americans gave to everything from churches to cat rescues was the second-highest ever in inflation-adjusted terms, but it fell short of the record set in 2021, when there was a burst of social services giving in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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