What if focusing on the negative side of every situation could have a toxic impact on those around you, particularly children, much in the same way that secondhand smoke is harmful to those in the same breathing space? Would you change your perspective?
Tom Lottman, senior director of research-to-practice at Children, Inc. points out that the comparison is not a stretch.
Back in 1998, as part of a $206 billion dollar settlement, major tobacco companies agreed to pay for advertising campaigns to educated consumers about the dangers of tobacco. But, says Lottman, it wasn’t until research on secondhand smoke surfaced, showing the impact of cigarette smoke on nonsmokers – to children – did real change come about.
So, what about the toxicity of stress and negativity, and the impact on those in its wake?
[For more of this story, written by Vicki Prichard, go to http://www.nkytribune.com/2017...character-strengths/]
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