Used correctly, a compliment can boost a person’s self-esteem and turn their entire day around. Wielded incorrectly, however, a compliment can fill a person with doubt and mistrust. What you say, how ...

FARGO - Barb Chromy remembers an especially nice compliment she once received. "You give the best compliments," someone once told her. A compliment is a pleasant observation of something we like about ...

Abraham Lincoln once observed that “everybody likes a compliment.” Yet, how many of us have had a kind, complimentary thought about another individual as we were going about our daily lives, but never ...

Dear Annie: A few months ago, someone wrote to you about how uncomfortable the bad manners of children of a relative made her feel at large family gatherings and dinners. I read your column faithfully ...

Moms and dads who want to do a “good job” at raising successful kids should resist saying these two little words. “[Saying] ‘good job’ does not damage kids,’” explained child psychologist Becky ...

Giving criticism–whether by email, over the phone, or face-to-face–can always be awkward. Even if the message is basically the same, the way you deliver it plays a huge role in how well (or badly) ...