Reasons to be cheerful - optimism

By Richard Woolfson, Nursery World, 17 August 2000

We can't be happy all the time but, writes Dr Richard Woolfson, a child who has a low self-worth will need help to overcome pessimism

We can't be happy all the time but, writes Dr Richard Woolfson, a child who has a low self-worth will need help to overcome pessimism Some pre-school children are very optimistic - these are the ones who always see the bright side of life no matter what the circumstances, like the four-year-old who, when told that the trip to the park was cancelled due to the bad weather, said that she was happy because the...

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