Growing up a latchkey kid meant learning to handle quite a lot of things on your own. Gen X was born between 1965 and 1980, which means this year they'll be turning 45 to 60 years old. As a smaller ...

Life is a journey filled with lessons that shape who we are. Some of the most valuable insights come from experiences passed down through generations. In our modern world, it’s easy to overlook the ...

The pressure put on women by society is immense. We are expected to be attractive, compelling, intelligent, and high-achieving. We need to fill our wallets, so to speak, while being maternal and ...

I have been lucky to work with children throughout my life, and they know things adults spend years trying to figure out. I’ve been everything from au pair to mentor, and despite the snot, sweat, and ...

“You only learn half the things you need to know in the classroom.” When I first heard that saying, I brushed it off as something adults said to make school sound deeper than it really was. But now, a ...

Life lessons can often feel hard-won. You choose what you think is best—or even most exciting—in the moment, only to realize ...

As a child I dreamed of an adventurous world-career. In grade school, without traveling far away from our then relatively remote Blue Ridge mountains, I somehow imagined in my lifetime becoming a ...

Family discussions, whether at dinner or during car rides, are crucial learning opportunities for children. They learn vital ...

ST. LOUIS — A former inmate is sharing lessons from his own mistakes, hoping to help teenagers go down the right path. Bobby Bostic wants every teenager to hear his story and learn. He just developed ...

A few years ago, I asked myself a question: if I could bottle the main lessons that I have learned as a psychotherapist, what would they be? After a lot of contemplation I came up with six fundamental ...

Remember Jo Dee Messina? “Life Is Good” is one of her finest country tunes, and its life lesson is pretty direct: Life is just too short to let negativity get in the way of enjoying it. She’s right, ...

The Milano Cortina Olympics offered profound life lessons beyond sports, teaching us about our bodies, unexpected challenges and what true victory means.