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Teaching Emotions: A Different Approach to Ending School Violence

A growing network of programs is teaching kids how to understand and express their emotions. Among their results: decreased aggression and violence.

Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments for Living in a Healthy Democracy

Bertrand Russell saw the history of civilization as being shaped by an unfortunate oscillation between two opposing evils: tyranny and anarchy, each of which contain the seed of the other. The best course for steering clear of either one, Russell maintained, is liberalism.

A Compassionate Future: An Interview with Karen Armstrong

Teaching Children Happiness

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by Marneta Viegas

Experts now believe that happiness and positivity is a skill that should be taught in school as it helps pupils become more balanced, sharing and caring citizens.

10 Things Science Taught Us About Happiness in 2012

Photo by Insight Imaging: John A. Ryan Photography

Last year’s most surprising, provocative, and inspiring findings on the science of living a meaningful life.

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