When I teach self-compassion to kids in schools, I do an exercise in which kids imagine that a friend of theirs has lost or broken something special. How would they respond to their friend? I then ask ...

While resilience is often heralded as a key skill for the modern child, its focus can unintentionally place the burden of overcoming adversity solely on young shoulders. The emphasis we have ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh. The ...

Do you ever feel like you’re being pulled in a million directions? In addition, maintaining a balanced work-life seems impossible when to-do lists stack up and deadlines loom. This is where ...