The researchers found that children whose composite scores showed greater character strengths were more likely to graduate high school with a GPA greater than 2.5, less likely to be arrested as an ...

Paul Tough is the author of How Children Succeed ... economists call non-cognitive skills and some educators call character strengths – are just as important to a child’s success, and in ...

Tough explores this idea in his new book, How Children Succeed ... of evidence out there now that says that these other strengths, these character strengths, these noncognitive skills, are ...

That's the question Paul Tough tries to answer in his book How Children Succeed ... for his book say that character is malleable. Kids can actually develop a set of strengths over time.

Helping children to recognise their character strengths is a great way to build their confidence and appreciate the uniqueness they bring to the world. By shifting the focus from the things they ...

And do children and teens want to watch these kinds of movies? Researchers at UCLA’s Center for Scholars & Storytellers explored these questions in a recent report, “The Good Guys: How Character ...

Each year there are over 100 new studies in the science of character. At the VIA Institute on Character, in addition to catalyzing studies and supporting researchers, I gather the studies, distill ...

development and retention of key character strengths among young children. Brooklyn Character is geared toward children ages 5 through 12 and their caregivers as part of Brooklyn Time Machine ...