New released study shows that children happier for being spiritual!

New Canadian studies reveal much to the surprise of researchers: that children have an unexpectedly sophisticated grasp of spirituality, and they’re happier for it.

“There had never been that language; that link had never been made for him,” Ennis, director of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a children’s program in the Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto, says of her son’s epiphany. Newly published research from the University of British Columbia finds that spirituality — a personal belief in a higher power — is strongly linked to the happiness of children ages eight to 12. Read the whole article: here.

One response to “New released study shows that children happier for being spiritual!

  1. Well, of course! Children ‘get’ it! The Big It! Only later do we become ‘wiser’ / convince ourselves we ‘know better’…no, we do not. Jesus wisely said: Become like the children…because they get it! Let the children speak to us…

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