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Is Sleep the Most Important Happiness Habit?

If I posted a video of my daughter when she is sleep-deprived and trying to finish her homework or clean her room—or do anything, really, that she doesn’t want to do—I would lose all credibility as a parenting expert. This is because there...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2010 5:02 PM by Half Full: Science for Raising Happy Kids

Filed under: Main essay, Happiness, Parenting, children, kids, positive emotions, Discipline, moodiness, ADHD, sleep, fat, memory, learning, attention problems, creativity, school start-times, inattention, bad behavor, ADD, obesity
Siblings: How to Help them be Friends Forever

“YOU ARE THE MEANEST SISTER IN THE WORLD!!!” My children are upstairs in the room directly above me, putting together a puzzle and fighting. I just heard a loud whap. Now there is crying. Also screaming. Our sitter is issuing time-outs. Ah, siblings....

Published Wed, Jan 20 2010 4:19 PM by Half Full: Science for Raising Happy Kids

Filed under: Main essay, Happiness, Parenting, children, kids, Conflict, Fighting, Emotion coaching, positive emotions, Teaching Emotional Literacy, Emotional Literacy, Discipline, Getting the ratios right, Friendship, conflict resolution
Not Shocked—Research Parents Can Learn From

A review of NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman Did you know that nearly all children lie—six year olds at a rate of about once an hour? That’s not the only bad news Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman give us...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 9:27 AM by Half Full: Science for Raising Happy Kids

Filed under: Review
The Snowball Effect: Practice one happiness habit, and the others will follow

First, a correction: a careful reader of my newsletter last week noticed that the link in the last email was to a very old version of the Happiness Habit Tracker. Here’s the link to the new one. The old version encourages rewards; after further review...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 12:09 PM by Half Full: Science for Raising Happy Kids

Filed under: Self-discipline, Happiness, positive emotions, Habits, Changing bad habits into good ones, rewards, Well-being

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Is Sleep the Most Important Happiness Habit?

Siblings: How to Help them be Friends Forever

Not Shocked—Research Parents Can Learn From

The Snowball Effect: Practice one happiness habit, and the others will follow