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Executive Function Skills Are Essential to America's Present and Future

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 04.10.2012

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Ellen Galinsky

As we learn more about executive function skills and as we begin to promote them, it is clear that we can make progress on some of America's more enduring challenges.

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Why Your View of Free Time May Be Out of Sync with Reality

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 05.07.2012

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Ellen Galinsky

When we do get help and take some time for ourselves in the midst of our busy lives, we feel much better about ourselves.

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What About the Men?

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 12.21.2011

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Ellen Galinsky

There is no question that there are significant problems that both men and women face. The workplace has not truly kept pace with the changes in families' lives. But does this represent the decline of men?

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Men Are Unhappy: Good News For Women?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Ellen Galinski, Worklife Balance, The New Male Mystique, Life Choices, The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness, Betsey Stevenson, Families and Work Institute, Chris M. Herbst, Justin Wolfers, Happiness Sstudy, Happiness and Women, Women and Happiness, National Happiness, Happiness, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

This just in: Men are as miserable as women. At least that's what we learn from a new study by Arizona State professor Chris M. Herbst, who suggests t...

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The New Male Mystique -- It's No Joke!

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 09.04.2011

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Ellen Galinsky

Today, men are experiencing what women experienced when they first entered the workforce in record numbers -- the pressure to "do it all in order to have it all." This is the essence of the "new male mystique."

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Two Different Realities About Workplace Flexibility

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen Galinsky

Low-wage employees tend to be less satisfied with their jobs and in poorer physical and mental health than higher-wage employees. And that's where flexibility comes in.

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It's Because We Are Asking, Listening and Acting: Creating Workplaces for the 21st Century

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen Galinsky

At a press conference on February 1, 2011 at the National Press Club announcing an unprecedented partnership between Families and Work Institute (FWI)...

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How Can You Tell If Workplace Flexibility Is Working? Ask the Employees

Kathleen E. Christensen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathleen E. Christensen

Every clued-in business leader in America is now aware that workplace flexibility is a business imperative. But we also know there is a serious workplace flexibility gap.

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The Working in Retirement Study: Five Assumptions the Study Contests

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen Galinsky

Like many of the studies based on Families and Work Institute's ongoing, nationally representative study, this report reveals important differences between assumption and reality.

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The Brain Unplugged From Technology: Implications for Learning in Young Children

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen Galinsky

Last month, Professor David Strayer organized a week-long camping trip with four other neuroscientists to experience for themselves how unplugging from technology affected their own brains.

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Seven Ways to Help Your Children Thrive During Summer

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen Galinsky

Incorporating the program principles recently featured in Time magazine, here are seven suggestions for low-cost or no-cost activities to help keep your kids from falling behind during "the summer slide."

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Revisiting "The End of Men:" Similar Problems, Different Conclusions

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen Galinsky

I hope we can see that new life skills are necessary for a new era.

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Admiral Michael Mullen--A Leadership Style We Can Believe In

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen Galinsky

I didn't know what to expect when I went to the Pentagon last week to interview Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Yes, I...

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Happy Belated Daddy Day

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 11.17.2011

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Elizabeth Gregory

While wishing Happy Daddy Day this weekend, let's take a minute to appreciate how much more involved in the lives of their kids dads are today.

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