This post is Part 1 of a two-part series. Have you ever spaced out when someone was talking to you? Or have you ever talked to someone whom you had a feeling wasn't listening? They were somewhere else ...

In this episode of To The Contrary, Bonnie Erbé speaks with Dr. Jessica Gottlieb, associate professor at the University of Houston, about a groundbreaking study applying marriage counseling techniques ...

In a video message recorded in mid-January but released only after he died, Pope Francis urged young people to learn to really listen to others. "Dear young people, listening is something very ...

While I respect and agree with some of the comments given by Allison Fine, in her article “It’s Time to Focus on a New Generation” (August 21), one must also ask, “What do the millennials need to ...

A 6-year-old was scolded by his school bus driver for his “naughty behavior.” An 11-year-old put his hands over his ears and screamed on the stage during his school’s fifth-grade promotion ceremony. A ...

Respect doesn’t work like that. And obedience that comes from fear or exhaustion? That barely lasts till the next tantrum.

As a pacifist who has spent a lifetime preaching nonviolence and peaceful conflict resolution, I feel compelled to write this letter. The writings of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have ...

Auntie Lena teaches Possum how to use his strengths to find his true passion. Auntie Lena teaches Possum how to use his strengths to find his true passion. Look, Listen + Learn is available to stream ...