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Christine Carter is the executive director of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley and a sociologist who studies the childhood roots of happiness. The Greater Good Science Center is an interdisciplinary research center that promotes the study of happiness, compassion, and strong families. Dedicated to "translating" the science of a meaningful life into practical tips for the general public, Carter writes the blog Half Full: Science for Raising Happy Kids (www.GreaterGoodParents.org), which offers parents research-based tips for fostering well-being in children.
Articles by Greater Good Science Center Half Full Blog
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From My Experience: Rona Renner on Marriage
From my experience, the “five magic hours a week” is an essential ingredient in making a marriage work (though some...
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The Childhood Seeds of Adult Happiness
Happiness is, in many ways, a skill that parents can teach their children. Kids develop habits of thinking, feeling, and...
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Teaching Gratitude in a Culture of Entitlement
In our video blogversation, Kelly Corrigan and I talk about some practical ways to raise appreciative kids. For...
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Gratitude is an Attitude
Did you know that grateful people sleep better? Researchers have found that people who practice gratitude feel...
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How do You Really Feel About the Holidays?
Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukah! Happy Holidays, everyone! Did that greeting just make you warm inside with thoughts of...
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How to Fight in a Relationship
This posting continues a four-part series on improving your relationship to improve your children's well-being. Go here...
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5 hours to a Better Relationship
This posting continues a four-part series on improving your relationship to improve your children's well-being. Go here...
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What Kids Learn During Dinner
Of everything I'll discuss on Half Full, having dinner as a family is one of the most important things. Think of it as...
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Making Dinnertime Worth the Effort
This posting is about how to make chow-time a powerful ritual for kids-and how doing so will make them happier...
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The Benefits of Optimism
Just as despair can come to one another only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human...
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