The holidays are over, and the new year is here. Most of us are still recovering from the frenzy — wrapping paper on the floor, leftovers in the fridge, and maybe a pile of thank-you notes waiting to ...

During the holiday season last year, a few of my advisees and middle school students surprised me with Christmas gifts. Typically, our school’s Family Association, our school’s version of a parent ...

Right now, a lot of children are thinking about what they want for Christmas. And parents are hoping to make their children happy by finding gifts that will bring delight on Christmas morning. There’s ...

In the rush of daily life, gratitude is often treated as a polite formality — a simple “thank you” offered in response to a favor or act of kindness. But from a psychological standpoint, gratitude is ...

Source: Andrew Dunn, 27 September 2005, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. Gratitude can literally change our lives, according to psychologist Robert ...