https://www.thechaosandtheclutter.com/archives/parenting-myth-youre-only-as-happy-as-your-saddest-child Mon, 26 Jun 2023 22:29:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.thechaosandtheclutter.com/archives/parenting-myth-youre-only-as-happy-as-your-saddest-child#comment-167626 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:53:53 +0000 https://www.thechaosandtheclutter.com/?p=18054#comment-167626 What a great way of looking at things! And you are 100% right – I only have 2 kids and they are often happy, but quite often, when one is happy, the other one is not, so if I was to follow your friend’s logic, I would be unhappy about 70% of the time. No, thanks. Modelling happiness and ways of finding pleasure in the simplest things is a great lesson for your kids, and possibly even a good opportunity to teach them that it is important to have empathy, but not to let someone else’s issues drive your mood.

]]> https://www.thechaosandtheclutter.com/archives/parenting-myth-youre-only-as-happy-as-your-saddest-child#comment-167619 Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:40:02 +0000 https://www.thechaosandtheclutter.com/?p=18054#comment-167619 I think even the word “happy” conotates different meanings for different people. Com-passion is to feel with others. And it seems our closest relationships are the ones we will have the best ability to “feel with”. Perhaps we can have happy moments, deep joy, and cheerful times YET perhaps—as God is with us—as our children suffer there will always be a part of us that is grieving as well…..

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