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It was my intention to write something about the children in the warzone in Gaza. But I can’t. It is all too awful and sad. Instead I found this quote.
“Even under the very worst conditions, happiness is not only something that is achievable but it’s what drives us to want to experience the next day. ” -Hector Gabriel Ramos Samanez

That was the message from a research published in the British Medical journey. 5100 people were asked to fill in forms about happiness between 1971 and 2003. Result : happiness is passed on to family, neighbours and friends. 

No worries and enough time to play and discover. Not many children have this opportunity nowadays. They act like little grown-ups at a very young age. They go to school at the age of 4 and are immediately exposed to the commercial side of society. In the classroom they have to adapt to what the teacher wants them to do. They have hardly any time to discover what their talents are or where their passions lie. They just have to learn as quickly and as good as possible according to set schedules. The pressure on them is high and children sometimes show symptoms of stress. Let’s give our children a break and let them simply enjoy, play, laugh, be creative and be happy without any pressure, time limits or electronic devices.  

Will children be happier when their mum or dad is always around? I don’t think this is best for all children. I know that in my case it would drive me crazy, if the only thing on my mind would be the children (I love them more than anything), cooking and cleaning. I would become very unhappy and that for sure is very bad for the children.

Luckily I can back-up my opinion thanks to Ellen Galinsky. She is the co-founder of the New York Families and Work Institute and conducted a five-year study on work and parenting, and the children’s perspectives on that. Galinsky claims that children don’t mind if both their parents work but they must make them (the children) number one priority. Galinsky believes the best parenting is intentional and when parents make their children their number one priority they will generally succeed as parents. Well that is good news.