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 ...

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 ...

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

“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 ...

From strict work ethics to learning how to endure unfair situations, baby boomers grew up with tough life lessons that many ...

Discovering a new hobby, exercising, preparing nutritious foods, following a strong sleep schedule, implementing beneficial habits, following a skin care routine, creating boundaries, etc. All of ...

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 ...

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, ...