Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words ... well, the old adage might need a revision. New research shows that the brain's pain matrix gets activated by pain-related words. When people ...

Although apologies can ... Words matter. When children are bullied or teased, well-intentioned parents may tell them, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” ...

The old childhood retort about “sticks and stones” is wrong. Words can hurt — and it’s a hurt that sometimes can take much longer to heal than broken bones. Name-calling is nothing new in ...

These street organizations, unlike Shriners or Lions, don’t do good deeds. There’s no doubt words can hurt, especially when hurled by bullies and political opponents. The word “thug” in ...

Not wise counsel. But the sentiment I’ve been really stewing on this week is this: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” What kind of dissociative gaslighting ...

those words still penetrate the spirit and hurt the person we are speaking to. The words can haunt a person years after they have been spoken to them. If a person continually hears words of ...

Yes, words can hurt. It's too trite to accuse Words' luminaries of hypocrisy. Still, some of the campaign's big names ought to have the sense to know that they aren't the right people to lecture ...