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Entries by Christine Carter, PhD from 06/2011

Rethinking Optimism: Is It a Learned Skill?

| Posted 06.05.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Optimism, Teaching Optimism, Optimism Benefits, Optimism Advice, Benefits of Optimism, Developing Optimism, Optimism Tips, Healthy Living News

To me, two things are very clear. First, optimistic thinking is a huge advantage in this rapidly changing world. Second, optimism is a learned skill that can be taught and practiced.

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These Dads Get It (and They're Getting Some Action, Too)

| Posted 06.16.2011 | Women
Read More: Men Childcare, Men Housework, Men, Stay at Home Dads, Household Chores, Men Household Chores, Men Housework Marriages, Women News

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 ...

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Comfortable With Discomfort

| Posted 06.22.2011 | Parents
Read More: Parenting, Kids, Children, Happiness, Parents, Parents News

By sending my kids to camp, I'm sending them the message that I believe that they can manage loneliness, and homesickness, and anxiety. I believe that they can, at the tender ages of 8 and 10, handle these difficult emotions themselves, without me standing over their shoulders telling them to breathe.

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