Family and Society

Plant and nurture the tree of your happiness

ENC News 29 Apr 2019

What can you learn from your jolly, always-smiling friends? A lot, say researchers. From saying “thank you” to letting bygones be bygones, these eight secrets of happy people may help...

What Americans think about the role of women in modern society

ENC News 01 Apr 2019

Attitudes toward women’s roles in society have been growing more egalitarian since the disco era, but there’s a long way to go. University of Illinois at Chicago Ph.D. candidate William...

Small steps to strike up friendships

ENC News 05 Mar 2019

Learn to identify opportunities We let chances to make friends pass us by every day, says Kate Leaver in her book The Friendship Cure. She advises having the courage to...

Kindness spreads working wonders

ENC News 25 Feb 2019

Even if you’re not aware of it, it’s likely that your emotions will influence someone around you today. This can happen during our most basic exchanges, say on your commute...

Kindness and compassion make kids happy and healthy

ENC News 18 Feb 2019

One day, I watched my son compete in his school spelling bee. Let me tell you: Watching 15 fourth- and fifth-graders stand on stage in front of a packed auditorium...

How can you improve your night’s sleep?

ENC News 11 Feb 2019

From avoiding screens to sidestepping that evening nightcap, here’s what you can do to improve your chances of an undisturbed night 1) Regularity Try to go to bed and wake...

Make your apartment unique and nice to live in

ENC News 28 Jan 2019

Be it style, fashion or interior design, every city has always had an aura of its own, its admirers would say. Arguably the most popular among all the major cities,...

One day soon you’ll discover how beautiful you are

ENC News 21 Jan 2019

A letter: I’m 14 years old. Whenever I see pictures of girls in short dresses and tight tops, all I can think about is how I would never be “pretty...

Divine-smelling flowers helping to brave the winter frosts

ENC News 14 Jan 2019

It seems so vulnerable to bloom in these darkest of days, with the thinnest of sun rays to warm your nectar, and to do so naked, without the shelter of...

The little girl decided to think of others before herself

ENC News 31 Dec 2018

While most children would’ve spent Christmas Day with their families possibly being showered with gifts, one six-year-old girl decided she wanted to do something different this year, and handed out...

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