Psychology suggests people who grew up without much praise may struggle with compliments as adults
Watch a compliment land on one of them. It's over in about two seconds, but there's a lot happening.
By Brendan Brown · Aug 10, 2026
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The Harvard Study of Adult Development has followed the same people since 1938, and what…
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Calling kindness a forgotten power sounds like a greeting card, but two lines of research…
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