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Kindness makes the world go round!

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by Yaffa Maritz

That is what I felt when I had the gathering in my house last weekend of 10 ANGEL AGENTS, as I call them.

This gathering was to launch “The Secret Society for Creative Philanthropy” an idea that Courtney Martin, a young successful writer from New York had couple of years ago.  Since then, she has made headline news in several newspapers and sprouted several chapters around the country.

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by Selena Sermeno April 10, 2010
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As a psychologist who works with young children and adolescents, I am always curious about the psychological roots of generosity and altruistic behavior.  A civil war survivor myself, I seem to be constantly on the lookout for stories highlighting the capacities of the human spirit to overcome difficulty and self-interest for the sake of others.

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Head banging…and we’re not talking about rock ‘n roll!

by New York Times Family Column March 28, 2010
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Question: When he is frustrated, our 25-month-old boy hits himself or bangs his head. His mother and I don’t know whether this behavior is normal. One set of in-laws considers it bizarre. Other families are experiencing the same thing, we learned from our web research. We understand that at his age, our son has little [...]

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by Christine Carter March 18, 2010
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Click here to learn more about The Science for Raising Happy Kids and the Half Full Blog “Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.” –Author Unknown My point in writing the Bad [...]

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Five ways to raise kind children; a re-post from the Half Full blog

by Christine Carter March 8, 2010
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Click here to learn more about The Science for Raising Happy Kids and the Half Full Blog Is your teenager grouchy? Does your little one have a cold? Research shows that kindness is a sure route to greater happiness and, in some cases, improved health. (See posting, What You Get When You Give from my [...]

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A child therapist’s view on Mindful Parenting

by Jason Goldstein February 24, 2010
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A child needs to be met and held. In my work with children, my focus is to empathicaly recognize these needs of the child. This includes the need for validation of a child’s affective or emotional experience, the need to be admired, and the need for soothing.

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Review of NY Times Article.com; Empathy’s Natural, but Nurturing it Helps

by Wendie Bramwell February 22, 2010
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The natural empathy that Jane Brody refers to (Empathy’s Natural, but Nurturing it Helps) is often evident in children and adults when they interact with an infant.

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Are we born with an urge to help or fight?

by Yaffa Maritz December 13, 2009
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Are we born aggressive, ready to assert ourselves on top of the food chain of evolution, or are we born with an urge to help others and be cooperative?

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