Dr. Marc Brackett

You know, I'll never forget this one moment where I was in a principal's office, a kid had given the teacher the finger, and he got thrown to the office, and it was a Tuesday. And it was Tuesday before the next week was going to be a holiday break. And the, you know, it was a two-day suspension, you know, for giving the teacher the finger. But that was going to be till Thursday.

You know, I'll never forget this one moment where I was in a principal's office, a kid had given the teacher the finger, and he got thrown to the office, and it was a Tuesday. And it was Tuesday before the next week was going to be a holiday break. And the, you know, it was a two-day suspension, you know, for giving the teacher the finger. But that was going to be till Thursday.

You know, I'll never forget this one moment where I was in a principal's office, a kid had given the teacher the finger, and he got thrown to the office, and it was a Tuesday. And it was Tuesday before the next week was going to be a holiday break. And the, you know, it was a two-day suspension, you know, for giving the teacher the finger. But that was going to be till Thursday.

And then Friday, you know, after that, there'd be a week break. And the, I literally heard the principal say, let's just make it three days. So we don't have to see this kid for 10 days. And I'm thinking, what is this person learning about empathy, about self-regulation, about emotional awareness? They're learning nothing.

And then Friday, you know, after that, there'd be a week break. And the, I literally heard the principal say, let's just make it three days. So we don't have to see this kid for 10 days. And I'm thinking, what is this person learning about empathy, about self-regulation, about emotional awareness? They're learning nothing.

And then Friday, you know, after that, there'd be a week break. And the, I literally heard the principal say, let's just make it three days. So we don't have to see this kid for 10 days. And I'm thinking, what is this person learning about empathy, about self-regulation, about emotional awareness? They're learning nothing.

They're going to be thrown out with no skills in an environment that's probably not supportive. And so I just think this has to change. And it still does happen. Not as often, thank goodness. I'm a prevention scientist, so I don't want to wait until everyone has an anxiety disorder and everyone's been bullied.

They're going to be thrown out with no skills in an environment that's probably not supportive. And so I just think this has to change. And it still does happen. Not as often, thank goodness. I'm a prevention scientist, so I don't want to wait until everyone has an anxiety disorder and everyone's been bullied.

They're going to be thrown out with no skills in an environment that's probably not supportive. And so I just think this has to change. And it still does happen. Not as often, thank goodness. I'm a prevention scientist, so I don't want to wait until everyone has an anxiety disorder and everyone's been bullied.

I want to cultivate a society where people have the skills they need to navigate their emotions and know how to build healthy relationships and make sound decisions and have good mental health and achieve their dreams.

I want to cultivate a society where people have the skills they need to navigate their emotions and know how to build healthy relationships and make sound decisions and have good mental health and achieve their dreams.

I want to cultivate a society where people have the skills they need to navigate their emotions and know how to build healthy relationships and make sound decisions and have good mental health and achieve their dreams.

You know, God bless Uncle Marvin. I have a, you know, as you know now, the storyteller. One of the most profound moments of my career was just after I had written my book and I was on my book tour. I'm in Westchester, New York, and I'm giving a speech. And I had never spoken about my uncle in that level of detail, nor my abuse, by the way. I'm talking about courage.

You know, God bless Uncle Marvin. I have a, you know, as you know now, the storyteller. One of the most profound moments of my career was just after I had written my book and I was on my book tour. I'm in Westchester, New York, and I'm giving a speech. And I had never spoken about my uncle in that level of detail, nor my abuse, by the way. I'm talking about courage.

You know, God bless Uncle Marvin. I have a, you know, as you know now, the storyteller. One of the most profound moments of my career was just after I had written my book and I was on my book tour. I'm in Westchester, New York, and I'm giving a speech. And I had never spoken about my uncle in that level of detail, nor my abuse, by the way. I'm talking about courage.

It was not until 48 writing this book that I decided, like, people ask me, like, why are you so passionate? And I would say I hated school, I was bullied, but I believe I was robbed of my emotional life as a child because of the abuse. And

It was not until 48 writing this book that I decided, like, people ask me, like, why are you so passionate? And I would say I hated school, I was bullied, but I believe I was robbed of my emotional life as a child because of the abuse. And

It was not until 48 writing this book that I decided, like, people ask me, like, why are you so passionate? And I would say I hated school, I was bullied, but I believe I was robbed of my emotional life as a child because of the abuse. And

know my circumstances and i felt i need to just share that a little bit not the focus but i needed to be i need to be real so i'm sharing about uncle marvin the sixth grade teacher from monticello new york state and this guy has this like like that woman in the audience he had an epiphany he's like are you talking about marvin moore the sixth grade social studies teacher from monticello new york i'm like yes he's like mark you're not going to believe this but your uncle marvin was my uncle marvin i'm like are you kidding me he's like

know my circumstances and i felt i need to just share that a little bit not the focus but i needed to be i need to be real so i'm sharing about uncle marvin the sixth grade teacher from monticello new york state and this guy has this like like that woman in the audience he had an epiphany he's like are you talking about marvin moore the sixth grade social studies teacher from monticello new york i'm like yes he's like mark you're not going to believe this but your uncle marvin was my uncle marvin i'm like are you kidding me he's like