My kids spend so much time at school that I often feel like their teachers have a better idea of their strengths and interests than I do. In an effort to extinguish my mom guilt, every day I ask my ...

I’ve always tried to be thoughtful and do kind things for others when the opportunity comes up — maybe not as much as some ...

As part of our ongoing series Kindness 101, Steve Hartman and his kids are sharing stories built around themes of kindness and character and the people who've mastered both. His latest lesson is ...

At The Rhoades School, students are learning simple tools to pause, breathe and respond with kindness lessons educators say ...

In this week's "Kindness 101," Steve Hartman and his children explore the lesson of grief. They revisit the Schoper family, where three young kids found a positive way to cope with loss after saying ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Saturday marks 10 years since a gunman shot and killed three people at two Jewish facilities in our area. This tragedy took the lives of Reat Underwood, William Corporon and ...

No-one knows how to fan the flames of compassion like preschool teachers. Our embedded reporter discovers their secrets. I’m ushering my daughter Madeline into preschool. She’s in a new floral dress ...

At Highlights magazine, we receive tens of thousands of messages from kids every year. Following the tradition of the magazine founders, I, along with my staff of editors, respond to every single one ...

After the turbulent year we've had, children's book publisher Scholastic says that lessons on kindness will be essential in kids' books in 2017. No doubt spurred on by continued calls for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Judy Stone focuses her writing on infectious diseases. One of the lessons from previous pandemics, is that countries need to ...