Happy Face
happy face
Whenever my daughter draws a picture of a person she always makes sure they have a happy face. That seems to be a good indication of her state of mind and also seems to indicate that she sees a lot of happy faces around her. She is only four, but I don't think I'm reading too much into her preference. I have seen her draw a scary monster face and even a sad face on occasion. However, her preference truly seems to be for a happy face.
Sometimes when I'm deep in thought, I'll tend to to stare off into the distance. In this pensive state I tend to forget how my face might look, and perhaps my daughter sees somewhat of a scowl. I know this because she's ask me where my happy face has gone, and I'll be somewhat startled, surprised that my face had assumed a darker scowl. I'll quickly put on a happy face once again and assure her that I was only thinking. She'll look at me doubtfully and then continue playing.
When my daughter was quite small we used to read a book called Copycat Faces. In that book we would see all these cute little children making a whole range of faces. Her favorite page was the happy face page where it said: If you're happy like this king, you will smile at every thing! My little daughter was grin and laugh with glee whenever we came to this page. (I hope that the fact that the king was the guy with the happy face didn't instill in my child a belief that riches equate with happiness... but that's another topic!) I really enjoyed reading that book with my daughter because it seemed to portray all emotions as having their place, rather than enforcing the idea that everybody has to have a happy face all of the time. In real life, sometimes mommy is happy and then you will see her happy face. And yet at other times, perhaps mommy is somewhat sad. This little book had a lighthearted way of showing a whole range of emotions and teaching children the importance of looking at a person's face to figure out how they are feeling. I think that books like this, while seemingly simple, can have very definite impacts on a child's social awareness and help them to realize that life doesn't been being surrounded by a happy face at every turn.
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