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Entries by Christine Carter, PhD from 11/2010

100,000 Happier Parents: Are You Willing to Be One?

| Posted 11.01.2010 | Healthy Living
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whenever I see research that shows that parents are, on average, less happy than their childless counterparts, my heart sinks. If we aren't happy, our children aren't likely to be happy, either.

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Want Happiness? Practice Kindness

| Posted 11.10.2010 | Healthy Living
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I question whether or not we can be truly, lastingly happy, whether we can really lead meaningful, joyful lives, if we are not also kind, generous and compassionate.

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Teenagers: Are Yours More Entitled Than Grateful?

| Posted 11.27.2010 | Healthy Living
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We want to feel more gratitude -- and we want our kids to do the same -- because gratitude is so closely associated with happiness that the two are practically indistinguishable from one another.

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