How to use Pushover to get notifications sent to your Android device from your Linux servers Your email has been sent Your data center is probably filling up with Linux servers. You might be using ...

Sometimes it feels easier to let others walk over us and take the path of least resistance. It’s important to take our own feelings into account and stand up for what we believe in. Illustration by ...

No one would call me a shy woman. In fact, I remember a particular girl who would go up to strangers and ask them to buy her McDonald's as a teenager, and each time, they agreed. I don't know what's ...

I hadn't heard about gentle parenting until my son was over a year old. I always thought I'd be a better parent to older kids than younger ones. My wife is less gentle than I am, and I sometimes feel ...

How do you stop a kid from being, for lack of a better phrase, a pushover? My middle kid is 8-years-old and way too polite. When her friends come over, they get to decide everything about the playdate ...

I probably should not admit to this character flaw in a blog post where other people may read it, but this is the era of vulnerability, so here goes: I’m a pushover. If you ask me to do something, I ...

Are you one of those people who values cooperativeness over assertiveness? Would you rather back down in a confrontation, doing anything to avoid seeming too bossy? Are you constantly afraid that ...

This month, we hear from a 38-year-old digital editor in New York City who worries that maybe her team is taking advantage of her niceness. Question: I have this new fear that my niceness is getting ...