Researchers find that for minor, harmless social mistakes, laughing at yourself makes you appear warmer, more competent, and more authentic than acting embarrassed.

There are two emotional states in adolescence that parents often trivialize and discount that can actually be very serious indeed. The first is Embarrassment (subject of this blog); the second is ...

You know the feeling. You see something embarrassing happen to someone else-or you sit through a particular cringe-inducing scene in a sitcom or comedy movie-and you feel embarrassed on behalf of the ...