Mothers Feel Increasing Anxiety About Parenting

Tech writer Molly McHugh summarized why many mothers feel increasing anxiety about parenting. In short, McHugh writes, "The concept of 'It takes ...

Students Are Hungry For Relational Bonding

New York Times columnist David Brooks went around the country interviewing students at some of the most prestigious campuses in America. He admits that ...

Hundreds Volunteer for Breakfast-With-Dads Event

Kristina Dove is a volunteer event coordinator at Billy Earl Dade Middle School in Dallas, Texas. She helped to spearhead a "Breakfast with Dads" ...

When We Are Connected to Each Other We Thrive

In his book Being Mortal, Medical Doctor Atul Gawande describes the story of Bill Thomas, a man who in the 1990s started working as the medical director ...

Research Shows Having Solid Friends Adds Years to Life

In his blog, Eric Barker cites an important study on the crucial value of friendship:

Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Brigham ...

Belgian Hotel Rents Fish to Lonely Guests

Traveling by yourself isn't always the most fun: You might start to miss home, your family, your friends. A hotel in Belgium has come up with an idea ...

Legal Definition of a Facebook 'Friendship'

Are your friends on Facebook actually your friends? According to an appeals court in Florida, "[l]egally, Facebook friends aren't necessarily ...

Actor John Hamm: 'It's Not Weak to Say, I Need Help.'

Actor Joe Hamm (star of the show Mad Men) did a stint in rehab for an alcohol addiction. Hamm confessed in an interview, "I'm certainly damaged—there's ...

Best-Selling Rap Star Rages Against Absent Father

With eleven Grammy awards, Eminem is the biggest-selling rapper of the last decade. So it is clear the message in his style of music is resonating and ...

Middle-Aged Men Biggest Threat: Loneliness

Dr. Richard S. Schwartz, a Cambridge psychiatrist who has studied the problem of loneliness in America, notes that over four decades of studies have shown ...