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Gaming and mental health
Game-playing and mental health may appear to be mutually exclusive categories, but in this blog, Dr Tracy Dennis observes that mental health practitioners have a lot to learn from game developers. Den… more →
Dona Matthews
Gaming and mental health
wrote 2 months ago: Game-playing and mental health may appear to be mutually exclusive categories, but in this blog, Dr … more →
Why are some poor kids resilient? Parenting makes the difference
wrote 3 months ago: There’s fascinating new research showing us something about where ’grit’ comes fro … more →
All Kids Can Thrive: A Call to Action
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wrote 7 months ago: How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, by Paul Tough Published by … more →
5 ways to increase happiness
wrote 7 months ago: There are a lot of reasons people are feeling more stressed right now than usual–Hurricane San … more →
In the Eye of the Storm: What Hurricane Sandy Taught Me about Social Media and Technology
wrote 7 months ago: A thought-provoking article on the importance of real–not electronic–community and conne … more →
Grit + Social Support = Success
wrote 7 months ago: The idea of ‘grit’ is being talked about a lot these days, inspired in big part by Paul … more →
The Intelligence Edge
wrote 11 months ago: December 3, 2011 We come back to a theme we’re encountering a lot these days: parents – stressed by … more →
Wisdom in Children?
wrote 11 months ago: October, 2011 Although wisdom is often associated with later adulthood, its seeds are planted in chi … more →
The Broom Is More Powerful Than the Baseball Bat
wrote 11 months ago: August 14, 2011 Late this week, across England, brigades of mostly young people gathered, carrying b … more →
Beluga Sense-Be Self-reliant
wrote 1 year ago: Beluga Sense- Be Self-reliant Sooner or later it happens to all of us. A time may come when you wil … more →
