Today I forced my two sons to go to wrestling practice. Forced is probably too strong of a word, as I didn’t have to physically or verbally threaten them. I would never do that. But I didn’t leave them many options to say no. On the surface, what I did today seems contradictory to my […]
Happiness and satisfaction are two distinct things. This is according to research done by the winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in economics, psychologist Daniel Kahneman. In a very good article in Quatrz Magazine covering Kahneman’s research they explain the difference like this: Happiness is a momentary experience that arises spontaneously and is fleeting. Meanwhile, […]
Today my family and I played a strategy board game named Sid Meier’s Civilization: A New Dawn. Last week I wrote that parents should try playing strategy games like this with their kids. I made this suggestion to provide ideas for how parents can evaluate and discuss emotional intelligence with their kids. More specifically, evaluate […]