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7 Daily Practices for Engineering the Good Life
Engineering the good life is about removing negative inputs as much as it is about adding positive ones. Read full article: Mark’s Daily Apple, “My 7 Daily Practices for Engineering the Good Life”
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Playing with a Concussion Doubles Recovery Time
High school athletes who kept playing in the minutes after a concussion took nearly twice as long to recover as those who left the game immediately after the head trauma, a new study shows. Read full article: The New York Times, “Playing with a Concussion Doubles Recovery Time”
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Teaching Teenagers to Cope With Social Stress
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· AnxietyThough academic and social pressures continue to pile on in high school, teenagers can be taught effective coping skills to skirt the pitfalls of anxiety and depression. Read full article: The New York Times, “Teaching Teenagers to Cope With Social Stress”
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The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction
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A new antidrug program recognizes how a child’s temperament drives his or her risk for drug use — and that different traits create different pathways to addiction. Read full article: The New York Times, “The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction”
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Can Teenage Defiance Be Manipulated for Good?
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Since there have been teenagers, there have been adults trying to control them. This study recasts adolescent defiance for adults. It depicts teenage rebellion as a potential asset to be cultivated, rather than as a threat to be quashed. Read full article: The New York Times, “Can Teenage Defiance Be Manipulated for Good?”
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Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure
One often believes that the longer we tough it out, the tougher we are, and therefore the more successful we will be. However, this entire conception is scientifically inaccurate. The very lack of a recovery period is dramatically holding back our collective ability to be resilient and successful. Read full article: Harvard Business Review, “Resilience…