My friend lost her dad just days after Christmas. I’ve never been in a situation where I needed to console a friend after a parent’s death, so I was on new ground. Am I talking too much or too little?

I got a fun letter over the Christmas break from a college student who was perhaps misidentified. Jared Nash is from Galchutt, N.D., a little community near Wahpeton, where I imagine everybody knows ...

The holiday season often inspires generosity and acts of kindness. A UCLA study found that kindness can improve mental health and may reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. Research suggests ...

In this installment of "Kindness 101," Steve Hartman and his children highlight a story that proves kindness is contagious, showing how one person's simple act of helping others can inspire countless ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Regarding Leonard Pitts’ subsequently retracted column “Coronavirus reveals depth of our greed and our grace” (March 29): It ...

Kindness isn’t just a feel-good message we teach to our children or a cute saying on a bumper sticker or T-shirt. There is actual science behind kindness itself, considering it a health benefit for ...

In honor of World Kindness Day (and World Kindness Week), we’re asking: what does kindness mean to you? Maybe it’s as life-changing as organ donation or as simple as a smile. However you define it, ...

Hey readers, we think you're great! We wanted to share that kind thought with you because today, November 13, is "World Kindness Day" — created back in 1998 by a consortium of kindhearted charities.

Thursday is World Kindness Day. People celebrate it by performing acts of kindness which can range from something simple like giving a person a parking space, to volunteering, to sending a note or ...

The importance of being a kind leader and how it leads to happier workplaces, more successful teams, and innovative organizations have gathered attention. Kind leaders build strong relationships and ...

Scan the newspaper headlines, or switch on cable news for a few minutes, and it’s easy to conclude that we are living through harsh, mean, divisive times. But a recent column in the Washington Post ...