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How Friendships With Elders Help Teens Find Purpose

Time in this high school moves without hurry once classes are done. Afternoon sun fills the halls, almost empty of students now except for the few still packing up. In one classroom, teens and older adults begin to arrive—some ebulliently, others shyly...

Published Wed, Jan 08 2025 7:53 AM by Greater Good Articles
The Best Greater Good Articles of 2024

Here are the 20 best original Greater Good articles from the past year, as determined by a combination of reader popularity and staff votes. 1. What Inside Out 2 Reveals About the Diversity of Emotions, by Demond Hill Jr.: The new Pixar film explores...

Published Thu, Jan 02 2025 3:19 AM by Greater Good Articles
Can Social Activity Be a Form of Medicine?

As a hospital-based physician, I almost always treat people with serious chronic health conditions. As a consequence of these conditions, they lose not just energy but also connection to much of what makes them feel alive. Such was the case with Mr. T...

Published Wed, Jan 15 2025 7:43 AM by Greater Good Articles
Even One Year Olds Try to Help Others

We all have the capacity for caring about others and helping them out. But how early do we develop kindness? According to results from a new study, it may begin very early in life—even earlier than other research has suggested. How babies try to help...

Published Tue, Jan 21 2025 4:15 AM by Greater Good Articles

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