Supporting teachers/educators who shape minds, hearts, and futures!
GrowHumans Articles
Reflections on different strengths and life skills that can be addressed, developed, and strengthened through education.
Teaching Life-Skills for 21st Century
Positive relationships and life skills don’t develop by chance — they grow through experience, reflection, and the supportive presence of adults who care. Articles in this section help educators nurture essential social and emotional skills in children and young people — from preschoolers discovering cooperation and empathy, to high school students exploring values, identity, and purpose.
What Children and Young PeopleNeed from Us, Adults
Every child looks to the adults around them to understand the world — and themselves. Long before they can explain it, they feel the presence we bring: the tone of our voice, the consistency of our actions, the care in our attention. Articles in this section explore love, support, encouragement, expectations, boundaries, consequences, and living examples we offer to our children and youth, because these shape who they will become and how they will live.
What I can Pass to Children and Youth as a Teacher/Educator
Every teacher/educator holds a quiet, powerful question in their heart: What truly matters in what I pass on? Beyond lessons, grades, and goals, what remains — years later — in the minds and hearts of those we’ve guided? Articles in this section explore the values, habits, and life skills that we as teachers can pass to our children, students, young people. It’s an invitation to pause and ask: what do I want the young people around me to learn from me and from my example?
What is Positive Psychology?
Positive psychology shifts the focus of psychology from merely treating and correcting human difficulties to strengthening our positive capacities and inner resources. It is the scientific study and practical application of the positive aspects of human life —happiness, life satisfaction, meaning, gratitude, optimism, hope, perseverance, resilience, and psychological well-being. Its goal is to enhance the quality of life for individuals, communities, and society as a whole.
What is Positive Education?
Positive education applies the insights of positive psychology to the world of schools. It expands the purpose of education beyond academic achievement to also include well-being, resilience, motivation, character strengths, and healthy relationships. Its central idea is simple: children learn best when they feel well, function well, and believe in their own ability to grow. Its goal is to create learning environments where students not only do well but also feel well.
