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 ...

is no small feat these days. Because of the egocentrism of children's early years combined with the increasingly prevalent messages of selfishness, narcissism, and indifference that popular culture ...

While our culture may whisper that self-fulfillment and personal happiness are life’s highest goal, Jesus continues to show us a better way. Compassion International helps Christian parents build ...

As a homebound parent with a preschooler, I’ve felt an array of emotions over the past few months during the coronavirus pandemic. I’ve felt sadness and worry about how many people are becoming ill, ...

Compassion means reaching out to others. Think of all of the qualities that you admire most in others and that you would most like to instill in your children. My guess is that compassion is high on ...

March 9, 2026 by Hingham Congregational Church Hingham Congregational Church is excited to announce a fresh and transformative approach to its annual Vacation Bible School (VBS), set to launch ...

I’ve always paid close attention to the news. Indeed, I’ve come to understand my engagement with what the Washington Post’s Phil Graham called “the rough first draft of history” as a token of my ...

Many of today’s parents and teachers came of age in the 1980s and 1990s — a time when the self-esteem movement was in its zenith. Self-esteem was supposed to be a panacea for a variety of social ...