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Happiness boosters are activities, actions, or experiences that bring joy and happiness to most people, both adults and children. There are many different types of happiness boosters. Below are six examples of happiness boosters. Feel free to read through and look at/listen to examples of each one to find out which happiness boosters make you the happiest and which happiness boosters make your children the happiest. Once you discover which boosters work best for you and for your children, do your best to incorporate more of these boosters into your everyday family life. It might even be helpful to have a list available for all family members to see in order to remind each person what works for them when they aren’t feeling happy as well as what they could do to cheer up a family member. Enjoy experiencing the happiness boosters below and hopefully at least a few put a smile on your face!
Relationships with People and Animals
Hugging others
Spending time together
Playing games
Reading to one another
Engaging in imaginary play
Watching movies together
Talking to others
In person
Via phone call
Via text
Via email
Via video chat
Laughter - Laughter is contagious! Just watching someone else laugh can make us feel better!
Click here to view a video clip about laughter - Watch the laughter spread and notice how it makes you feel!
Watch Videos/Look at Pictures of Sweet, Cute, and/or Funny Things
Show and/or Witness Kindness
Click here to view a music video about the power of kindness created by Houghton School alumni!
Click here for a "Pep Talk for the World" by Kid President
Click here for a video clip on "How Good Spreads" hosted by Kid President
Click here for a video clip on how kindness can color the world
Click here to watch a young woman do twenty acts of kindness and to get ideas on how you can spread kindness!
Click here to see how one person, in this case a teacher, can change the course of a child's life
Subscribe to the "Some Good News" YouTube channel by clicking here to view acts of kindness all over the world even during a difficult time in the world
Click here to view photos of kindness and cuteness (same as above)
Listening to Happy Music
Click here to listen to a happy song called Firework by Katy Perry
Click here to listen to a happy song called Happy by Pharrell Williams
Click here to listen to a happy song called Who Says by Selena Gomez
Click here to listen to a happy song called Can't Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake
Click here to listen to a happy song called Better When I'm Dancin' by Meghan Trainor
Click here to listen to a happy song called Coming Home by Sheppard
Click here to listen to a happy song called Hurricane by The Vamps
Click here to listen to a happy song called Born to Be Brave from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Click here to listen to a happy song called We're All In This Together from the movie High School Musical
Click here to listen to a happy song called Into the Unknown from the movie Frozen 2
Click here to listen to a happy song called How Far I'll Go from the movie Moana
Click here to listen to a happy song called Friend Like Me from the movie Aladdin
Click here to listen to a happy song called Be Our Guest from the movie Beauty and the Beast
Click here to listen to a happy song called You've Got a Friend in Me from the movie Toy Story
Click here to listen to a happy song called Shake It Off from the movie Sing
Click here to listen to a happy song called I'm Still Standing from the movie Sing
Being Grateful - Grateful means being thankful for what you DO have
Click here to view another video clip called "25 Reasons to Be Thankful!" hosted by Kid President
Click here to watch a music video for the song Everything is Awesome from The LEGO Movie, which includes many reasons to be grateful
Start asking yourself What Went Well? (aka. WWW) each night before bed and think of at least three things that went well that day. Challenge your parents/guardians and/or siblings to do the same! Bonus: Start a WWW journal and write all of the things you are grateful for down so you can look back on all of the things you have been grateful for in the past.
Start a gratitude jar in your home where family members can write on slips of paper things that they have been grateful for over the past week, especially things that relate to other family members. Read these slips of paper as a family at the end of each week. Bonus: Have a family celebration when the jar in completely full (e.g. dance party, game night, etc.).
Power Poses
To explore the virtual happiness booster room, click on the picture below!
As a note of caution, kids can access YouTube through some of these videos so please be sure to monitor your child when exploring this virtual room.
What are some of YOUR happiness boosters? Feel free to vote on which happiness boosters work best for you by filling out the survey below!
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