Making Happy People: The nature of happiness and its origins in childhood

by Martin (Author), Martin (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

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  All parents want their children to be happy - but no parent knows how to guarantee it. Now this groundbreaking book explores the ways in which parents can influence their children's happiness, providing a positive framework for emotional growth.

  Happiness is simultaneously the most sought after and the most elusive human property. But it is also poorly understood. Making Happy People breaks new ground in two ways: by offering a scientific perspective on a subject often dominated by philosophers, artists and self-help gurus; and by looking at the origins of happiness in the individual.

  Essential reading for everyone who wants to be happier, or to make others happy, this remarkable book combines the latest research with indispensable advice to illuminate a little explored subject of large importance.

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  Hardcover
  2005

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  From the author of the highly successful Counting Sheep comes a new book on the study of happiness. Making Happy People is quite simply a study of happiness. It looks at the origins of happiness within the individual during the lifelong process of development from birth to death. It also explores the relationship between happiness and success, and the ways in which early experience, parents and eduction influence each individual's capacity for happiness, the most sought-after and most elusive human property. Breaking new ground in the literature of happiness, this book offers a scientific perspective on a subject that has hitherto been the preseve of philosophers, artists, psychoanalysts and self-help gurus. All parents want their children to be happy, but few take things further than this vague wish - until things start to go wrong and unhappiness has arrived to stay. Only then do they realise that what might seem obvious at first glance is in fact far from obvious. Accessible to parents and teachers alike, Making People Happy uses the perspective of psychology and biology to reveal the way to be happy and to help children become happy people for life.