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Jeremy Adam Smith Three insights from research about immigrant families

Jeremy Adam Smith, Web Editor & Producer, Greater Good Science Center | 4/10/13 | 3 comments

Everything you think you know about immigrant families is probably wrong. That’s one of the conclusions I took away from the annual meeting of the Council on Contemporary Families, which convenes scholars and writers from around North America to discuss new scientific findings about the family.

This year’s conference at the … More >

Jeremy Adam Smith Five life lessons from “56 Up”

Jeremy Adam Smith, Web Editor & Producer, Greater Good Science Center | 3/12/13 | 2 comments

The film critic Roger Ebert famously called the “Up” series “an inspired, even noble, use of the film medium.”

It started in 1964, when the British TV program World in Action profiled 14 seven year olds with the aim of discovering how social class shaped their worldviews. There was no intention … More >

Jeremy Adam Smith The redefinition of fatherhood demands new public policies

Jeremy Adam Smith, Web Editor & Producer, Greater Good Science Center | 6/6/12 | 5 comments

In anticipation of Father’s Day, the International Museum of Women put together a gallery on “the changing role of the modern dad,” which includes a global facts and figures, a three-minute video on how mothers around the world view fatherhood, a documentary about stay-at-home dads in Hungary, and profiles of … More >

Christine Carter These dads get it

Christine Carter, director of Greater Good Parents | 6/15/11 | One comment

The research on dads this year may not be as salacious as, say, the theories about why dad-to-be Anthony Weiner would risk his career and marriage by sending narcissistic and semi-nude photos of himself to women. But the kind of post I’m tempted to write about that (e.g., “How Not to … More >

Christine Carter High GPAs, low happiness?

Christine Carter, director of Greater Good Parents | 5/12/11 | 5 comments

With the stress of finals upon many high school (and middle school!) students, I’m hoping we can pause for a moment to put it into perspective. Because the statistics on teen stress, my friends, are scary.

Like most parents, I want my children to succeed in school, and I’d like them to … More >

Christine Carter Rethinking optimism

Christine Carter, director of Greater Good Parents | 5/6/11 | 2 comments

Believe it or not, optimism is a controversial value to some people. When I give talks, people frequently question me about why optimism is something they should want for their children.

I can see how fostering optimism could be mistaken for fostering a Polyannaish, La La Land mentality in our children—which, … More >

Christine Carter Does marriage make us happier?

Christine Carter, director of Greater Good Parents | 4/20/11 | 19 comments

Perhaps because I’m divorced, I wonder a lot about whether I’d be happier if I were married.

Admittedly, I’m already a very happy person; I pretty much max out most happiness scales (like these, here). But I’ve made a career out of becoming an ever-happier person—and teaching my children how to do … More >

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