Not everyone will make your child feel happy. There are usually a limited number of people who can when they are with them – in person or just connecting with them online or on the phone.
Likewise, not everything your child has to do will make them feel happy. Some activities are boring or monotonous, and they would rather not do them. As a parent, what would you rather help them focus on – things and people that make them happy or things that don’t?
We should help our children focus on the people and activities that put a smile on their faces. They should look at doing more of those things and spend more time with those ‘happy’ people – not only when they are feeling down, but to make them feel positive every day.
Identify What Makes Your Child Happy
Talk to your children about the positive people in their lives and how they can spend more time with them. Who are the people that lift them up and make them feel good? Why do they love spending time with them? What is it about them that makes them feel happy? It’s important that they surround themselves with the right people.
And what about the things that make them happy? What activities are they? Talk about the projects and interests they like doing and remind them of the things they enjoy. Get them to do more of them so they feel fulfilled, relaxed, happy etc. Having activities that they love keeps them busy and will help with their mindset.
Surrounding themselves with people they like and doing things they enjoy will help children focus more on the positive parts of life and less on the negative. Of course, they can’t spend all their time only doing what makes them happy but having things to look forward to each day, can make a huge difference to our happiness levels.
Unique Self-Esteem Tool for Kids
The “Wow” Board encourages children to focus on the positives in their life and opens up conversations with parents or guardians. Write down all the good things that happened in your day so that your child can learn to appreciate their wins.
[Published March 2022 | Updated April 2025]
