Among the many points for assessing happiness around the world, like sharing meals with others and family bonds, researchers for the 2025 World Happiness Report looked closely at acts of kindness.

In a world where kindness is often taken for granted, there are those who make extraordinary efforts to create positive change. Today, we celebrate touching stories of bravery, generosity, and ...

I spend a lot of time analyzing how children and adolescents enact kindness in schools (and in broader family and societal contexts) and there’s a tendency in kindness research toward emphasizing and ...

Kindness can also mean sharing hard truths in a productive way, going out of the way to welcome a new coworker or bending the ...

CNN — This year, "Random Acts of Kindness" Day falls on Monday, but the foundation behind it wants you to consider being kind every day. In fact, they want you to be a "RAKtivist," or a "Random Acts ...

As our society continues to have significant issues related to basic kindness and civility amongst groups of citizens we should all focus more on the overall benefits that may occur if we just take ...

Laurel Sims-Stewart, a counselor who works with children and adults, says when it comes to giving, our kids look to parents and caregivers not only to care for them, but as examples for relationships.

Every day, across our metropolitan area, individuals and groups are making a difference in the lives of others. The Democrat and Chronicle has begun telling in our printed Sunday newspaper some of ...

Last week we explored the importance of good friends and keeping good company. Our social circle influences our character and how we develop socially. We had a small insight into the social life of ...

"And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for Joseph had solemnly sworn the people of Israel, saying, 'God will visit you; then you must carry my bones with you from here'" (Exodus 13:19). This ...

PAMLICO COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - We’ve all heard of paying it forward in a drive thru, for example, but this random act of kindness is on a whole different level. A Pamlico County teenager who just ...