@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {12830},
      author = {Yang, Fan},
      title = {Being good and feeling good: What happiness means to  children},
      journal = {Child Development Perspectives},
      address = {2024-07-14},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {Happiness is one of the most important parenting goals in  today's modern society. To promote a happy childhood, we  need to understand what happiness means to children.  Contrary to the view that young children may equate  happiness with satisfying material desires and experiencing  simple pleasures, in this article, I review recent  developmental research showing that (1) even young children  have a sophisticated understanding about the role of desire  satisfaction in happiness, (2) they perceive happiness as  contingent on moral goodness, and (3) they experience  happiness from performing morally good behaviors. Together,  the findings suggest that for children, happiness means  more than feeling good about satisfying material desires  and experiencing simple pleasures; it also means being good  to oneself and others. This research deepens our  understanding of children's emotional cognition and  experience, elucidates the nature and origins of happiness,  and has significant implications for fostering a happy  childhood and beyond.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/12830},
}