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DAILY MAIL UK: Eat your heart out, Tiger Mom! Playful Dolphin Dads make children smarter AND happier, says top parenting expert

Catherine Townsend | August 7, 2013 Harvard-educated researcher Shawn Achor is one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between happiness and success Says that the ‘tiger’ approach of working hard to achieve happiness is ‘scientifically backward’, and parents should focus on helping kids be positive instead A leading happiness researcher has claimed that playful…

PARENTS: Tiger Mom vs. Dolphin Dad: Pick a Side

ParentingBy Michelle Gielan August 7, 2013

Joe DeProspero | August 7, 2013 In an August 1st Daily News article about parenting techniques, Tiger Mom was pitted against Dolphin Dad. In comparing the two drastically different methods, one simple question was asked. Since I’m a football guy and the NFL’s preseason is underway (Go Jets!), I’ll use a sports analogy to describe it: As…

CIO: Be happy through success or find success through happiness?

BusinessBy Michelle Gielan August 3, 2013

Rohan Pearce | August 1, 2013 Being successful won’t necessarily make you happy, but according to Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage and CEO of GoodThink, happiness can help raise levels of success. It’s somewhat of an inversion of what people typically believe – and it has implications for businesses that want to boost what their…

BUSINESS INSIDER: HAPPINESS EXPERT: New ‘Dolphin Dad’ Parenting Strategy Is Better Than The ‘Tiger Mom’

ParentingBy Michelle Gielan August 2, 2013

Rachel Pomerance | U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT August 2, 2013 If there’s one topic that can fuel the range and fire of human emotion, it’s parenting. There’s zealotry in the quest to correct and preserve teachings of past generations, profess the rectitude of a chosen parenting style and defend against the readily exchanged judgment about how…

US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT: Dolphin Parenting: Raising Kids to Be Smart and Happy – Move over tiger mom. Meet dolphin dad.

ParentingBy Michelle Gielan August 1, 2013

Rachel Pomerance Berl | August 1, 2013 If there’s one topic that can fuel the range and fire of human emotion, it’s parenting. There’s zealotry in the quest to correct and preserve teachings of past generations, profess the rectitude of a chosen parenting style and defend against the readily exchanged judgment about how to win or…

NWI TIMES: Shawn Achor Spreads Positive Message

Health & Wellness, RelationshipsBy Michelle Gielan July 29, 2013

Eloise Marie Valadez | July 29, 2013 Author and positive psychology expert Shawn Achor travels the world to spread his messages on achieving happiness. Achor, cofounder of the Institute of Applied Positive Research and founder of Good Think Inc., was recently in Chicago to speak about his work on the link between happiness, success, and productivity.…

REDBOOK: Being a Tiger Mom Sound Too Intense? The Latest “Animal” Parenting Style Is…

ParentingBy Michelle Gielan July 24, 2013

Sarah Smith | July 24, 2013 The problem with the whole Tiger Mom thing awhile back was that there didn’t seem to be a good alternative. Kittycat Mom who doesn’t care at all about her child’s success? Now I’ve heard about a better animal antidote: Dolphin Parents. They’re proof you don’t have to be a tiger to give your…

FORBES: What To Do Before Happiness Happens In Your Life?

Health & Wellness, RelationshipsBy Michelle Gielan July 21, 2013

Kare Anderson | July 21, 2013 The second part of this story is the real clincher for considering that happiness can be a choice. An elementary school teacher in rural Arkansas made a bracelet of charms of each student in her class so she could continually remind herself of how she cared about each one, and her…

FIT PREGNANCY: Tiger Moms Are So 2011: Meet the New Dolphin Parents

ParentingBy Michelle Gielan July 18, 2013

Jennifer D’Angelo Friedman | July 18, 2013 Remember back in 2011, when Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother both infuriated and inspired American moms with its tough-love techniques for raising a successful child? Consider Dolphin Parenting the softer, fuzzier approach. “A Tiger Parent believes if a child becomes successful, THEN the child will be happy. A…

THE BUILD NETWORK: Let Them Eat Candy

Business, Health & WellnessBy Michelle Gielan May 28, 2013

Jeffrey Goldsmith with Shawn Achor | May 28, 2013 The secret to a more productive, creative, and flexible workforce? M&Ms, thank-you cards, and whatever else makes them smile. In a psychological study, 44 internists are given a hypothetical patient file, including a misdiagnosis from another hospital, and asked to decipher the medical problem at hand. Half of…