HundrED.org has tips for helping children be happier, including some words of wisdom from Mary Gordon:
For instance, in her Roots of Empathy talk at the HundrED Summit last year, RoE creator Mary Gordon described how an instructor in one session asked the group, ‘Why do you think baby Mae turned around to her mummy?’ A boy then involved in the session replied, ‘Baby Mae turned around to her mummy to ask, am I OK? (…) and the mummy said, you’re good to go.’ His reply shows how he could interpret the communication between the baby and the mother even though neither of them had said a word.