As we begin our Rice Up Against Hunger challenge, check out these awesome side effects your child gets, along with vocabulary practice, from actively practicing compassion towards others.
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It makes us happy! (As happy as getting money!) A brain imaging study by the National Institute of Health shows th...
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In fact, it makes us happier than buying things for ourselves. An experiment by Michael Norton, published in SCIEN...
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It makes others want to be around us. Kindness has been rated the most important quality in both friends and spouses.
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It uplifts everyone around us. Jonathan Haidt of the University of Virginia found that seeing people help each other ...
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It spreads like wildfire! James Fowler of UC San Diego and Nicholas Christakis of Harvard demonstrated that generosit...
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It boosts our health and longevity. Several studies show that people who help others, and have a positive connection ...
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It gets us out of a funk. Anxiety and depression make us self-focused. Helping others when we are feeling blue can pu...
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It's the most natural thing. Research by Michael Tomasello and other scientists suggest that infants automatically sh...
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It gives us more time. Zoe Chance found that spending time volunteering makes us feel like we have more time and more...
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It's good for everyone and everything. Being kind is not only good for ourselves, but also for society, communities, ...
Lyndsay Ealey
