Want happier kids? Start by becoming happier yourself!
- Stop feeling so crazy busy.
- Start feeling work-life balance & bliss.
- Establish routines that help you through the day with easy and joy.
Learn how and why to put your own happiness first. Dr. Carter provides insights on the latest scientific findings and delivers them in bite-sized weekly video classes.
You’ll learn:
- How and why to resist the urge to always put the needs of your children before your own. Studies show that parents who experience more positive emotions in their own life tend to be warmer and more responsive to their children, making them more able to respond to the needs of their children.
- How to efficiently and effectively make change in your life. Knowing how to form a new habit and break an old one is a life-skill you’ll use again and again!
- Why parents tend to be less happy than their childless peers. We’ll discuss the societal forces that are driving our happiness down and what we can do about it.
Instead of pushing yourself to the brink trying to give your kids everything, learn what matters most!
This is what you get when you enroll in this ONLINE CLASS:
- SCHEDULE FLEXIBILITY. We know juggling parenting and everything else can make it difficult to find time for a class. This is MADE for busy parents!
- You’ll get four video classes that you can watch anytime:
- Why Happiness is an Advantage
- It’s True! Your Happiness is the Most Important Thing
- Why Parents Aren’t Happy
- How to Break a Habit and Start a New One: The Science of Change - You’ll also get a BONUS WEEK: Positive Emotions: Can We “Fake It Till We Make It”?
- ONLINE COMMUNITY. Access to a private Raising Happiness Classroom and Facebook group where we post bonus materials. You’ll be a part of a 24/7 community of like-minded parents.
- COACHING FROM DR. CHRISTINE CARTER, online and through a live Q&A coaching call with Dr. Carter on June 19th at 12:00pm PT/2:00pm CT/3:00pm ET. Space for the coaching call is limited. Register now and RSVP for access. Ask your questions on the call, or post a question online — Dr. Carter typically responds within 48 hours.
Now a licensed provider of Continuing Education Units for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences! See below for more information.
This class focuses on Theme One from the full Raising Happiness Homestudy.
If you have any questions regarding this program, check out our FAQs here, or email questions@christinecarter.com.
Why do we, as parents, need to take care of our own happiness first?
Watch this interview with Dr. Carter:
Continuing Education Credits:
Raising Happiness is a licensed CEU provider by the California Board of Behavorial Sciences. Our license number is PCE 5355.
This course meets the qualifications for 5 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. (If you are looking for more units, please check out our Raising Happiness Homestudy).
This course covers the scope of practice for these professions as it relates to:
- Providing psychological counseling for families.
- Consultations with educators and parents.
- Helping individuals and families achieve more adequate, satisfying, and productive marriage, family, and social adjustments.
- Empowering individuals to deal adequately with life situations, reduce stress, experience growth, change behavior, and make well-informed rational decisions.
If you’d like to get CEUs, before registering for this course, please see this page for more information, and be aware of our refund policy.
Class Testimonials
“My wife and I have been putting your advice into practice, and it is making a difference by giving us confidence and helping our kids.”
–Erik and Natalie, parents of two, California
“Words cannot convey how grateful I am to have discovered Dr. Carter. Each class captivates me with interesting science based, practical tips. I have applied many at home and my family and I are so much happier and healthier because of it!”
– Melanie, mother of two girls ages 9 and 7, Santa Monica, CA
“Christine Carter coaches families on how to create systems that promote family happiness. She helps them restructure schedules and priorities, which are exactly the things I’ve been having trouble with since I moved to the farm and started homeschooling. We dealt with fundamental decisions like when I will do my work each day and how the family can be more predictable. And you know what? She changed my life. Because she took questions that are difficult and complicated for me and she was able to find good answers quickly.”
– Penelope Trunk, blogger, bestselling author, mother of two, Madison, Wisconsin.
If you have any questions regarding this program, check out our FAQs here, or write questions@christinecarter.com.
"It's amazing! It really works!"
“I "prescribe" your book to all of my clients! When parents start Happiness Habits from day one, they are confident that they are creating a family that will be healthy and happy for years to come."
“Raising Happiness transformed me and my family. It's the only parenting book that I refer to time after time -- and I'm a book worm. The small changes we've made have been fabulous (profound) for me and my husband."
“Wow. I have never really participated in an online community like this, and I have to say it is incredibly inspirational. I feel honored to be in the company of such honest, thoughtful, self-aware people.”
“I am still hearing positive feedback from moms and dads about ways they are trying to make gratitude a more intentional part of their lives.”
“Christine knows her stuff — from the latest research and from real life with her children. Her teaching style is funny, warm, and empathetic. The result is a thoroughly enjoyable class — with the promise of real results at home. I highly recommend Raising Happiness!”
“Christine, your work has made a positive impact on me and my family in more ways than you can imagine.”
"My wife and I have been putting your advice into practice, and it is making a difference by giving us confidence and helping our kids."
“What a fantastic class this is! WOW! I am finding this class SO helpful. I knew that some things worked better than other things...I just didn't have all this neuroscience to explain it.”
“Hearing Christine Carter speak, and reading her Happiness Tip emails, have changed how I view the world.”
“Loved learning about why happiness matters in Plano! Thanks for sharing your passion!”
