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Your Happiness Calendar for August 2021

Our monthly Happiness Calendar is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we hope it helps you make time for fun and rest. To open the clickable calendar, click on the image below. (Please note: If you are having trouble clicking on calendar links...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2021 4:45 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Encourage Black and Latino Young Adults to Get Politically Active

Civic engagement is good for us and for society. People who vote, volunteer, or participate in community building tend to have better health and greater well-being, while feeling more prepared for professional careers. A society with an engaged citizenry...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2021 5:25 AM by Greater Good Articles

36 Questions That Can Help Kids Make Friends

The young teen years are a ripe time for forming friendships. It’s an age when kids are particularly focused on peer relationships and social status, developing their sense of identity and social skills. Having friendships (or even just feeling a sense...

Published Tue, Jul 27 2021 7:07 AM by Greater Good Articles

How Colleges Can Support Students Who Are Parents

When most people think of college, they might imagine a bunch of single young adults living wild and free—and possibly going to class from time to time. But this is far from the reality. The average age of a college student is around 26, and many students...

Published Wed, Jul 21 2021 3:08 AM by Greater Good Articles

Five Ways to Protect Your Emotional Health Post-COVID

You’ve been waiting…and waiting…and waiting for this amazing, magical day when you could return to “normal life.” For many people in the U.S., it feels like that dim light at the end of the pandemic tunnel is becoming brighter. My 12- and 14-year-old...

Published Thu, Jul 15 2021 4:26 AM by Greater Good Articles

What a Children’s Book Taught Me (and My Students) About Grief

I had been a mental health counselor for many years when my younger son died by suicide at age 16 in 2018. Before that happened, I had often steered clear of grief work. I stayed in the “safer” zones of anxiety and self-esteem. Throughout my tenure working...

Published Wed, Jul 14 2021 5:24 AM by Greater Good Articles

Can We Help Young Brains Fight Off Anxiety?

Anxiety is one of the most common childhood mental disorders. About 7% of children suffer from it at any given time, with nearly 1 in 3 adolescents experiencing it sometime during their teen years. For an anxious child, seemingly normal activities can...

Published Tue, Jul 13 2021 6:00 AM by Greater Good Articles

What We Learned About Human Behavior from the Pandemic

During the pandemic, a lot of assumptions were made about how people behave. Many of those assumptions were wrong, and they led to disastrous policies. Several governments worried that their pandemic restrictions would quickly lead to “behavioral fatigue...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2021 4:18 AM by Greater Good Articles

What Daydreaming Does to Your Mind

I’m a big believer in daydreaming now and then—especially when I’m out hiking. There’s something about being in nature that helps me let go of daily cares and allows my mind to wander where it will, which feels great and often jumpstarts my creativity...

Published Mon, Jul 05 2021 4:05 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Reset Your Family’s Screen Time After the Pandemic

According to a survey in the United States in March 2020, over 80% of parents lost child care due to the pandemic’s closures of schools and child care centers—and around two-thirds of them were parents who continued working during the pandemic. At the...

Published Thu, Jul 01 2021 3:49 AM by Greater Good Articles

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