RAISING AN OPTIMISTIC CHILD

As a parent, you want to try to raise your child to have the best chance of living a life full of happiness. However, since life has its ups and downs, how can you do that, especially if your child has the "pessimistic gene"? First, we need to define what it is to be an optimistic child, discuss whether or not optimism is genetic, and what the world looks like through the lens of optimism versus pessimism for a child. Then we will look at how optimism can be taught even if genetics is not on the side of optimism, using your examples and your love.