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The Science of Happiness

Helping Kids Think About the Good

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

Social Sciences, Science

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Sheltering-at-home with kids? These questions can help them, and us, focus on the good things in life.

Link to Episode Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yvbp9zf7

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0:00.0

Climate change is going to require collective action.

0:04.0

But how can individual actions make a difference?

0:07.0

On a new episode of Life Kit, we're walking you through

0:09.0

what sort of climate

0:15.0

week,

0:18.0

week, where ever you get your podcasts. Part of NPR's Climate Week, wherever you get your podcasts. You're holding.

0:27.0

I am holding you. Ready?

0:28.0

I'm watching.

0:30.0

So what are you most grateful for right now?

0:33.1

My house and my parents that keep the rent for the house.

0:38.1

I am most grateful for the roof over my head, my and dad just like having a place to be able to stay in

0:46.6

when we're told to stay still my choice in my house. What are you most grateful for? I am grateful for the internet and I am grateful for food.

0:56.0

For my phone, because it lets me talk to my friends.

0:59.0

Having my own space in my house where I can go to get away from it all.

1:05.0

That we have pets so we don't go totally insane just by yourselves.

1:10.0

I'm grateful that I get to be with my parents and I'm not sick and nobody in my family is sick.

1:15.6

Anything else you want to add?

1:17.4

I'm just happy that my family's okay. A lot of us who are sheltering at home right now are doing so with our children.

1:26.0

Maybe we're homeschooling, trying to get our own work done, striving to maintain structure,

1:31.0

it's not easy. We're helping our kids navigate their own

1:33.7

emotions while processing our own. So this week on the science of

1:37.2

happiness we're exploring a practice that we can do with the children in our

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