GrowHumans is a result of a more than 20 years of translating scientific insights from positive psychology into everyday practice in schools. Our core question is simple: How can we create learning environments where students not only perform well but also feel well – emotionally, socially, and personally?

On this website, you’ll find clear explanations, research-based insights, and practical suggestions designed for real classrooms, real teachers, and real schools.
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GrowHumans website and its resources were created for teachers and education professionals, who:

• want children and teenagers to build deep, long-lasting knowledge and real-life skills – not just memorise facts.

• care about their mental health, motivation, and character, not only their grades.

• believe schools help shape who young people become, not only what they know.

 

Here you will find useful information and resources on:

• Positive Psychology and Positive Education. (How can teachers and schools integrate well-being and character development with academic learning?)

• Developing Strengths and Life Skills. (School is not only a place for learning facts. It is also where children and young people shape who they are becoming. GrowHumans focuses on strengths and life skills that help students thrive in learning and in life, such as: well-being, social skills, optimism, emotional intelligence, resilience, gratitude, focused attention, critical thinking, and other character strengths and life skills that can be noticed, encouraged, and developed in everyday school life.

• Articles for Educators connecting research and practice, helping you translate ideas into small, manageable changes in your classroom or school.

 

GrowHumans project grows out of a few simple beliefs:

• Education shapes lives. What happens in classrooms stays with children and young people long after they leave school.

• Well-being and learning belong together. Students learn more effectively when they feel safe, supported, and seen.

• Small actions accumulate. A question asked with curiosity, a strength noticed, a calm response to a mistake – these daily moments slowly shape how children see themselves and their future.

GrowHumans exists to support educators in making those moments more intentional, hopeful, and growth-oriented.

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Feel free to explore what speaks to you and adapt GrowHumans ideas and resources to your needs. Together, we can help children grow into curious, resilient, compassionate humans capable of shaping a better world. Because, as an old proverb says, it takes a village to raise a child.