Nothing compares to the pain of losing a loved one. When those dark days come — and unfortunately they do for most everyone — the support of family and friends brings much-needed comfort. But knowing ...

While you probably don’t need me to state the obvious for you, I will. No one wants to write a sympathy card. It sucks. Someone that you care about lost someone that they care about, and that’s never ...

The following letter has been sent by a committee of the Senior class to the parents of Arthur Topliff Cutler: Dear Mr. and Mrs. Cutler: Representing your son's classmates at Harvard, we desire to ...

The cards and letters, filled with messages of sympathy and hope, pour in from around the world. Addressed to Las Vegas City Hall, they offer heartfelt condolences over the October 1 mass shooting ...

Mark Mayerson has posted a terrific analysis on his blog of the different ways that sympathy can be created for animated characters. He uses plenty of examples from Disney films. Mark writes: Sympathy ...

Developmental psychologists long have debated whether individuals volunteer and help others because they are sympathetic or whether they are sympathetic because they are prosocial. Now, new research ...