Teens don't know everything − and those who acknowledge that fact are more eager to learn

Being aware of ignorance and fallibility can make people more teachable, and perhaps it could make people feel helpless and disempowered.

Tenelle Porter, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Rowan University • conversation
Dec. 11, 2023 • ~10 min

Turns out smarter kids are made, not born

A study co-authored by experts at the Graduate School of Education found that mothers with positive mindsets can mitigate the negative effects of maternal stress on mother-child interactions and help promote children’s healthy development.

Liz Mineo • harvard
Jan. 6, 2022 • ~5 min

3 research-based ways to cope with the uncertainties of pandemic life

Feel like you're facing too many pandemic-related unknowns? Reframing what it means to not know can help you break the uncertainty-anxiety connection.

Bethany Teachman, Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia • conversation
Sept. 22, 2020 • ~7 min

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