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 ...

When life gets challenging—whether due to a family illness or troubling news online—helping kids express their emotions can feel overwhelming. Learn practical, age-appropriate strategies from Friends ...

As a child psychologist, I’ve seen firsthand how powerful it is for children to have the right tools to manage their emotions. Kids experience intense feelings of frustration, anger, and sadness—and ...

Learning how to navigate your emotions as a parent can transform how you relate to your child. The authors of “Parents Have Feelings, Too” explain their approach.

Practical tools to help your child stay strong in any situation From academic stress, extracurricular obligations, and the ...

If meditation or journaling doesn't work for you, you're not alone. Psychologist and neuroscientist Ethan Kross offers dozens of tools to help people manage their emotions more effectively. Ethan ...

For children and teenagers feeling anxious and alienated from their peers and adults, AI companion chatbots can mimic the human compassion they’re longing for. Regulatory solutions have yet to ...

Sometimes you can just change them, the psychologist Ethan Kross argues in his new book, “Shift.” By Jancee Dunn Emotions are a fundamental part of what make us human. They can be overwhelming, ...

Years ago, I hired my first employee. Things went well at first. I was so happy to be able to hand off those boring, tedious tasks and no longer worry about them. But that feeling didn’t last. Early ...

Ethan Kross always shared a special bond with his grandmother, Dora, whom he considered a “second mom”. She lived just a few blocks away from his childhood home, and when he came by each day after ...

Why don’t more of us reach the big goals we set for ourselves? Sure, sometimes the answer is lack of ability. It is entirely possible you are not smart enough to be an astrophysicist or strong enough ...