The age of maximum happiness for a person occurs before they turn ten years old. Exactly, this is the age at which we are happiest in our entire lives (and it is earlier than you think, so make sure your children are happy).

This is the age at which children will be happiest in their entire lives, according to science


This is the age at which children will be happiest in their entire lives, according to science

What father or mother wouldn't want their son or daughter to be happy? Achieving the maximum of childhood happiness is a goal that all families with young children pursue. But, after knowing this information, we will try even harder.


And a recent study has determined the age at which people feel maximum happiness. Wow, after this age, we will never be as happy as we were then, no matter how much we believe that we live enriching experiences of maximum happiness.

And, as we anticipated in the headline of this article, that age occurs before we grow up.


This is the age at which happiness decreases for (almost) forever

The research, carried out by specialists from several universities and based on more than 400 samples collected from more than 460,000 participants, answers, once again, a question that has been repeated and studied for several decades and for which there is no (until now ) definitive answer. “We have focused on changes in three central components of subjective well-being: satisfaction with life, positive emotional states, and negative emotional states,” says Professor Susanne Bücker, one of the authors of the study, in a press release.


The results found that a person's happiness decreases between the ages of nine and 16. A fact for which the authors find an explanation is the hormonal, physical, and social changes that we experience during puberty or adolescence .

Of course, although satisfaction with life, in general, can increase again after the age of 70, the truth is that after nine years of age, people never have the same level of positive emotional state again until they reach 96. That is, practically never again in our lives (unless we surpass that age).


“In general, the study showed a positive trend throughout a broad period of life, if we consider life satisfaction and negative emotional states,” explains the aforementioned professional.

The greatest symptom of childhood happiness

Knowing that nine years (and those that precede them) are the age at which we will never have the most positive feelings about life, it is necessary to always keep in mind the need to make a child happy.


And that cannot be achieved with toys or money: as we explained in this article, the mechanism of childhood happiness is based on three things that are within the reach of all families: affection, time to play, and providing them with a family environment. stable and safe.