Voices in the Family Archive

Advice from others can be helpful – but it’s not always welcome. When a neighbor, colleague or loved one tries to tell you how to liv ...

Parents spend a lot of time arguing with their kids about screen time, trying to limit access to smart phones, and social media. B ...

WHYY’s Maiken Scott spoke with psychologist Dr. Dan Gottlieb about the grief of saying goodbye to a beloved animal – and how we work ...

Curiosity, self control, grit and zest— they’re all character strengths. But what is character? And how do we cultivate it? Wh ...

Research shows that character strengths are as important as I-Q and socioeconomic status to achievement and well-being in life. The ...

The current political atmosphere has many people feeling distressed. What’s the best way to cope with our emotions when we’re outrage ...

About 5% of couples have open relationships – where the partners are committed to staying together, but see other people. In ...

When couples hold hands, their breathing and heart rates synchronize. If one of the partners is in pain, it diminishes the more the brain ...

Doctors often have to talk to their patients about different health risks – obesity, smoking, too much alcohol – but WHAT sho ...

We often think of teenagers as obsessed with their phones, selfies, or being popular. Researchers are learning more about what help ...

Millions of American adults experience depression. There are treatments and medications that can help. But in a recent study of more than ...

When faced with a degenerative disease or life threatening illness, might hopelessness improve the quality of our lives? On this ...

How intelligent a person is can predict many things in terms of their quality of life: success, money, or power. But researchers say we s ...

A lot of people dread conversations around the table during the holidays. We try to avoid hot-button topics like politics, and maybe igno ...

One third of American children are overweight or obese, so weight is a topic that comes up in doctors offices a lot. In a ...