Sunday, February 17, 2008

What Makes Kids Happy?

We are wondering if the following research may be an invitation to parents to consider teaching their children about spirituality or consider sending their children to Baha'i children classes?

University of British Columbia Researchers Surprised at the Role Spirituality Plays: "Happier people are more tolerant, creative, and productive, Holder says, Assoc. Prof. of Psychology at UBC Okanagan “If we could promote happiness in children, it might come with these attractive traits.” "Our goal was to see whether there's a relation between spirituality and happiness," Holder says. "We knew going in that there was such a relation in adults, so we took multiple measures of spirituality and happiness in children."


"Spirituality is easiest to describe as having an inner belief system," Wallace notes.......

Factors such as gender or money contribute very little to happiness, says Holder. "In fact, the contribution of money to happiness explains less than one per cent." They found that whether children attend public or private school has virtually no impact on their happiness.


Do you think everyone believes in God should be Happy? here is what Abdu'l-Baha said about Happiness:
Happiness consists of two kinds; physical and spiritual. The physical happiness is limited; its utmost duration is one day, one month, one year. It hath no result. Spiritual happiness is eternal and unfathomable. This kind of happiness appeareth in one's soul with the love of God and suffereth one to attain to the virtues and perfections of the world of humanity. Therefore, endeavor as much as thou art able in order to illuminate the lamp of thy heart by the light of love. (Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha)

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