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"Could it be that by protecting our kids as children, we're depriving them as adults?" Read More...
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According to an article on Forbes Magazine, in teaching our kids how to handle money, leading by example is still the best way to do it.
For instance, parents may not have the heart to say no to their kids thinking that buying and spending everything...
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Kiddie Yaps
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03-07-2011
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Filed under: parents, Parenting, happiness, Children's Development, adults, pennies, money system, consumerism, mindset, forbes magazine, wrong idea, money mistakes, urge, money matters, value money, heart, credit card
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“Beware the banality of a busy life.” –Socrates
Since my book Raising Happiness was published, I’ve met so many unhappy mothers I’ve come to believe there might just be an epidemic of unhappiness in mothers. Studies have long showed...
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I seem to be on a sleep roller coaster. After I spent more than a year with chronic strep throat, I resolved to get more sleep, even if it takes me weeks to answer my emails and I get behind on those things that I generally catch up on in the middle of...
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What’s the most important factor for happiness? This is a question I get daily, if not hourly. Here is the answer: friends. And family. Happiness is being socially connected. The best predictor of happiness (and often health) is the quantity and quality...
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People may be born into lucky situations, but they aren’t born lucky. Turns out the old aphorism is true: Research shows that people make their own luck. And they do it in a specific way: by adhering to four specific principles. Many lucky people act...
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It is totally weird, but it’s true: I have gotten hate mail for writing a blog about raising happy children. And based on the stories I’ve heard from my co-workers at the Greater Good Science Center, I’m not the only one. But cyber bullies, take note...
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Even though the Olympics are over, my kids are still whipped into a frenzy. Lindsey Vonn is, I think, their first real childhood idol—it’s all skiing all the time around here these days. I know we aren’t alone; households all over the world are...
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Is your teenager grouchy? Does your little one have a cold? Research shows that kindness is a sure route to greater happiness and, in some cases, improved health. (See last week’s posting, What You Get When You Give for more about this.) Here are five...
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Half Full
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Half Full: Science for Raising Happy Kids
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02-25-2010
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Filed under: Main essay, Growth & fixed mindsets, Happiness, Parenting, children, Emotion coaching, positive emotions, Teaching Emotional Literacy, Well-being, kindness, Compassion
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If you do a nice thing for someone else knowing you’ll reap some benefit yourself, is it still a good deed? What if your primary reason for doing it is because of the benefits it’ll bring you? Researchers spend a lot of time debating whether any altruistic...
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When I was little, I pretended to be Wonder Woman, my brother was Spiderman, and together we would save the world. It’s exhilarating to be seven-years-old and convinced of your awesome power to help people. I want my kids to feel the same rush that comes...
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Recently I was an observer at a sold-out parent education seminar about the epidemic levels of depression, suicide, and anxiety disorders affecting children. The lecturer asked the audience rhetorically, “What is it that we most want our children to be...
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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...
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Half Full: Science for Raising Happy Kids
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01-27-2010
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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
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“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....
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Half Full: Science for Raising Happy Kids
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01-20-2010
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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
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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...