Losing Joy

A baby smiles between fifty and seventy times a day, and a toddler approximately six hundred times, according to research. I’m sure some of us have asked ourselves where that smile goes. What robs us of it? This sets out the alarming facts about how our children are losing their happiness, too. It shows that these are desperate times for which we need an urgent call to action. According to UNICEF, the children of the United States are the second least happy children in the world, after the United Kingdom, a fact that should shake every one of us to the core. How can it be that two of the most affluent countries in the world should have such a dismal record when in comes to being happy? Happiness in not a frivolous notion; it is a serious business. Every one of us has the right to be happy and to feel contentment and well-being. Making the intention to find our happiness even in turmoil is the first step to rediscovering it. Sadly, there are more worrying statistics that support some very uncomfortable truths.

Emotional Challenges

Depression

Use and abuse of pharmaceuticals

Poor academic performance

Dropout rates

Suicide

Diminishing happiness

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