Comments on: Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents

By: L. B. Nielsen "lbn23"

L. B. Nielsen "lbn23" — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:07:08 +0000

Real, easy, and MEANINGFUL This book is an excellent source of tips and techniques you can begin to implement TODAY that will change the overall feeling in your house immediately. Christine carter has translated literally hundreds of social science articles into practical steps you can take to help your child grow, learn, and feel happy and fulfilled. Need to get out the door on school mornings? She has a plan. Want your child to be happy with what they have rather than asking you to buy something else? She has strategies. This book helps everyone in the family be more attentive to what we already have, the joy of our relationships, and ways we can help each other. Not just a "parenting" book. It is a family-building book. You will benefit as much as your children.

By: Denise Brown

Denise Brown — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:03:01 +0000

happier already! Thanks to Christine Carter for giving us parents an actual step by step approach to engendering happiness in our childrens’ and our own lives. I’ve enjoyed her blog at Half Full for sometime, but this is an excellent synopsis of her work.If you read nothing but Step 3 “Praising Effort and Enjoyment” your childrens’ lives will be forever changed.

By: Allison Frey

Allison Frey — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:38:40 +0000

Not just another book on parenting tips and tricks To lump this book in with the myriad other books on parenting would be doing both the book and the reader a disservice. Raising Happiness goes beyond ‘parenting’ – it’s truly a book on how to create a happiness lifestyle, and in turn raise happy kids. I enjoy Dr. Carter’s anecdotes, but also appreciate that all her happiness advice is rooted in scientific study; both social and medical. This is the book that I will not only reread (and enjoy each time) but will keep on my bedside table and refer to time and time again when I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed and potentially down. Thank you for this book, for your insights, and for the happiness guidance. I have been implementing suggestion after suggestion, and to my delight, my children are flourishing and I’m a happier mom because of it! I will be recommending this to friends, giving this book for baby showers, and sharing the insights with my husband. And reading it again. And then probably again. And perhaps one more time for good luck!