Across very different cultures — Ghana and the United States — when parents acknowledge the perspectives of their adolescent children and encourage them to express themselves, the youths have a stronger sense of self-worth, intrinsic motivation, and engagement, and also…
New research has revealed how people’s intelligence, rather than their personality traits, leads to success. Researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Minnesota, and Heidelberg devised a series of games to find out which factors lead to cooperative behavior when people interact in social and…
The Flying Seagull Project is a collective of clowns, musicians, dancers, play-workers, and play-specialists who work in the harshest of refugee camps across Europe to help the kids laugh, play, and feel good. They entertain as many kids as possible…
Back in the 1960s in a Yale University basement, some interesting and controversial experiments were carried out by psychologist Stanley Milgram. His findings showed people would inflict pain on another person purely because someone in a position of authority told them…
These short stories show how a father raised his son with reason, so he could grow up to be a good person. Read these nine short stories, and perhaps apply them to your children.
Saving for a comfortable retirement can seem like rocket science. However, with the right savings and investment strategy, it definitely isn’t impossible.
Hang Zhou Library changed its policy last year, opening its doors to garbage collectors, and the homeless on the condition that they washed their hands before entering.
A picture is worth a thousand words and these nine photos, which have touched thousands of Chinese netizens, show a side of China that most people may not know.
This is a story that will bring any animal lover to tears. An Ohio animal shelter has successfully adopted out all their animals after a well coordinated ‘adoptathon.’
Everyone believes drugs are addictive and once you start taking them, after a certain period you’ll become addicted because of the chemical hooks, right? Well, not necessarily.
Across very different cultures — Ghana and the United States — when parents acknowledge the perspectives of their adolescent children and encourage them to express themselves, the youths have a…
New research has revealed how people’s intelligence, rather than their personality traits, leads to success. Researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Minnesota, and Heidelberg devised a series of games to…
The Flying Seagull Project is a collective of clowns, musicians, dancers, play-workers, and play-specialists who work in the harshest of refugee camps across Europe to help the kids laugh, play,…
Li Shiqian, also called Ziyue, was born in Zhaojun County during the Sui Dynasty. Li had an inborn nature of filial piety, i.e., respecting one’s parents. During his early childhood,…
Back in the 1960s in a Yale University basement, some interesting and controversial experiments were carried out by psychologist Stanley Milgram. His findings showed people would inflict pain on another person…
These short stories show how a father raised his son with reason, so he could grow up to be a good person. Read these nine short stories, and perhaps apply…
Saving for a comfortable retirement can seem like rocket science. However, with the right savings and investment strategy, it definitely isn’t impossible.
Hang Zhou Library changed its policy last year, opening its doors to garbage collectors, and the homeless on the condition that they washed their hands before entering.
A picture is worth a thousand words and these nine photos, which have touched thousands of Chinese netizens, show a side of China that most people may not know.
This is a story that will bring any animal lover to tears. An Ohio animal shelter has successfully adopted out all their animals after a well coordinated ‘adoptathon.’
Everyone believes drugs are addictive and once you start taking them, after a certain period you’ll become addicted because of the chemical hooks, right? Well, not necessarily.
In San Francisco, there are more than 7350 people who are homeless in the downtown area, and unfortunately there are only seven places for them to shower or use the…
When a waitress paid the check for two firefighters who had been fighting fires all night, she did not expect anything in return. But what happened next was totally unexpected.
What would you do? What would most people do when you see a couple arguing by a bus stop? It’s unfortunate, but most would just walk on by. Fortunately, Malyk Bonnet,…
Two cats too lazy to actually fight end up looking like they’re playing a friendly game of patty-cake.
According to mainland media reports, Zhang Jinsheng was on a flight to South Africa in the early afternoon of April 7 this year. As usual, he carried a black bag…
It all started when a man called the judge who had sent him to a state prison and asked for a favor. The man asked Craig Mitchell, a judge who serves…
Are you aware of your TV habit? This story is about making simple choices to live a more conscious, pro-active life that honors your mind, health, and connection to your…
Sweetest social experiment ever, this is. There’s a vulnerableness about him with his arms opened wide and eyes covered. It makes you want to fill his embrace and complete the…
She needed to get home safely, he offered her his last £3. She was a British student and he was homeless.
