Synopses & Reviews
While millions have pledged allegiance to the happiness of their offspring, kids are less happy than ever - more worried, anxious, and depressed. In this ground-breaking and highly readable book, a psychologist and an educator explain the troubling connection between I just want them to be happy and the problems affecting our youth. The authors describe the ingredients - the eight seeds - that research has revealed to be the basis of authentically happy lives. Ingredients like gratitude, optimism, a life of meaning, and acts of loving kindness. Through numerous Plant a Seed suggestions, I Just Want My Kids To Be Happy will show you how to sow the right ingredients into your children's lives today, so that authentic happiness will bloom for them tomorrow.