Is this something you would expect school teachers to be able to teach? Perhaps in a monastery style setting it could work. But teaching kids how to be happy alongside the normal curriculum in the usual state school setting may be asking too much. Has it been tried anywhere to your knowledge?
I think various different trainers in the personal development scene can hold seminars that significantly change a person's psychological toolkit in a matter of weeks.
Even if you can't create an environment of similar strength, there no real reason why you can't take David Burns Feeling Good Handbook and teach the material to children.
But teaching kids how to be happy alongside the normal curriculum in the usual state school setting may be asking too much.
The normal curriculum is broken. Most schools are places where a variety of factors prevent stud...
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden see here
Did you know The surprising downsides of being clever? Is Happiness And Intelligence: Rare Combination? There are longitudinal studies which seem to imply this: Being Labeled as Gifted, Self-appraisal, and Psychological Well-being: A Life Span Developmental Perspective
I found these via slashdot.
As LessWrong is harbor to unusually high-IQ people (see section B in here). I wonder how happiness compares to the mean. What are your thoughts.