Ten-year-old Dean Thompson drives the combine on his family’s farm, with a little help from his dad. Submitted photo As the sun dipped low on the horizon on a mid-October day, 10-year-old Dean ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Robert Waldinger, one of the authors of The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study on... Lessons for living a happy life, according to science ...

“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 ...

I didn’t expect to experience this lesson so clearly the first time I visited a Quaker meeting. About 30 minutes into the shared silence—the community gathered in a circle, each person listening ...

3. You don’t have to “fix” yourself to live a good life. You know the old saying, “You can’t love another person until you love yourself?” It’s poetic, but it’s just not true. There are a lot of ...

Valuable Lessons from a Father Every father aspires to impart wisdom to their children, aiming for their success and protection from deceit. The teachings of a father hold immense value, serving as ...

Life rarely gives only blessings. Sometimes it brings success. Sometimes disappointment. Sometimes unexpected pain. Most people happily accept the good moments. but resist the difficult ones. Yet ...

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, ...

A look back at the simple, non-nonsense habits from the 80s and 90s we wish would make a comeback. Growing up in the '80s and '90s came with a kind of freedom and real-world learning that's hard to ...