October Book Club

Next to being healthy, we want them to be happy, of course. Fortunately, a wide array of scientific studies show that happiness is a learned behavior, a muscle that we can help our children build and maintain. Drawing on what psychology, sociology, and neuroscience have proven about confidence, gratefulness, and optimism, and using her own chaotic and often hilarious real-world adventures as a mom to demonstrate do’s and dont’s in action Christine Carter boils the process down to 10 simple, happiness-inducing steps.

With great wit, wisdom, and compassion, Carter covers the day to day pressure points of parenting—how best to discipline, get to school and activities on time, and get dinner on the table—as well as the more

• The best way to avoid raising a brat—changing bad habits into good ones

• Tips on how to change your kids’ attitude into gratitude.

• The trap of trying to be perfect—and how to…