Does a Happy Childhood Translate to Happy Adulthood?

Since becoming a mom, I’ve found that I tend to think things over a lot more than I used to and it’s because I understand that just about everything my husband and I do will have some sort of impact on our son’s development and his life when he’s older.

There have been times that my son has done something totally and completely frustrating and I’ve wanted to yell at him, but I stop and remind myself that this is new for him. I need to work on patience, understanding and educating because John is still just a little guy and doesn’t understand a lot of what he does.

My husband and I believe that children live what they learn and we’re doing the best we can to live happy, and loving lives. We make sure that we give John lots of hugs and kisses, try to find ways to turn frustrating moments into educational ones, and go out of our way to make sure that he sees us hold hands and hug and show affection in general. We want John to be surrounded by love, laughter, teamwork and graciousness so that when he’s a man, he’ll carry those things with him.

It would seem that for all the times we’ve stumbled on the parental path, Jay and I are doing something right when it comes to the environment we’ve chosen to raise our boy in because a new study found that men who had happier childhoods go on to have stronger relationships when they’re older.

According to the Scientific American, when people grow up in an environment where they’re surrounded by positive and supporting people, they have more confidence as adults and are able to form more lasting and positive relationships as adults- happy relationships that form and last their whole lives.