Top Picks — Here’s what you need to know about happiness

I am Lina Ashar and I want to jointly explore the power of parenting with you. Join me on my journey to educate our children in unlocking their extraordinary human potential.

The surprising science of happiness: [Ted Talks] Dan Gilbert, author of “Stumbling on Happiness,” challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned.

Science-Based Habits That Will Bring You Greater Happiness In Minutes: [Forbes] Coronavirus. Quarantine. Layoffs. Protests. The last 6 months alone have been enough to depress anyone. Yet, while every other self-help book promises a formula for happiness, few deliver. Fortunately, behavioral science provides several insights into habits we might adopt to increase our joy and happiness — almost instantaneously.

How to Raise a Happy Child: [FirstCry] Raising kids right can be hard and raising them in a way that they stay happy, and content is much more challenging. Parenting a child the right way and ensuring that he grows up to be happy cannot be merely done by providing him basics. To raise a happy child, you need to make certain changes in your parenting style.

How to Raise Happy Kids: [Time] The well-being of children is more important to adults than just about anything else–health care, the well-being of seniors, the cost of living, terrorism, and the war in Iraq. More than two-thirds of adults say they are “extremely concerned” about the well-being of children, and this concern cuts across gender, income, ethnicity, age, and political affiliation.

Raising happy children: [Harvard University] A happy child is the goal of many parents, but when trying to make your child happy crosses the line into overprotectiveness, the end result could be detrimental. Dr. Paula Rauch offers advice on not just raising happy children, but confident ones as well.

With Gratitude,
Lina Ashar