My name is Iwona Podlasińska and as a photographer specializing in children portraiture. I've had the privilege of witnessing ...

A couple of years ago I asked Temple Grandin if people with autism have a special ability to relate to animals. She is, of course, widely known for both her Source: MJ Herzog, used with permission ...

At the Blind Spot Animal Sanctuary, love is unconditional. It's a farm for animals in need, and a place for people in need as well. “This is a very hard job,” Alesja Daehnrich said while feeding a ...

On a wall at Trader Joe’s are numerous drawings of shelter animals, each with their own biography, each an attempt to help those animals find homes. They are the result of Kids, Cats and K9s, a ...

"Why the Wild Things Are," released by Harvard University Press, draws on psychological research, history and children's media over a 10-year period to examine youngsters' many connections to animals ...

Did you know that teaching children empathy skills early in life can increase their confidence and help them better handle stressful situations? Empathy is critical to success throughout life and is a ...

Yale University psychologist Lori Santos calls human thinking “glitchy”—that is, we are prone to errors and logical inconsistencies. Take, for example, our attitudes about the treatment of other ...