We all think it, we all say it, all the time. Don’t we? So why then are the latest generations of youth having so many difficulties? Why is teen depression, suicide, etc…all on the rise? Is it possible that in the quest to make sure a smile is plastered on our children’s faces every second of the day at the cost of our own ability to have a life, is actually making them UNhappy? A new book reveals this may just be the case.

I Just Want My Kids To Be Happy! Why you shouldn’t say it, why you shouldn’t think it, what you should embrace instead by Aaron Cooper, Ph.D. and Eric Keitel, M.Ed. This book explains why believing this mantra is mis-guided and what parents should be thinking and doing instead. Decades of research has shown there are 8 key elements found in authentically happy lives and this book explains how to cultivate these elements in their own children.

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