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Miami Herald:
Become a 'big' and help a 'little'

29 January 2015

We recruit and train mentors and pair them with children who need some additional encouragement and perspective to recognize a more positive future. Our mentors - ''Bigs'' - bring a new sense of opportunity and perspective to a world of possibilities that their mentees - ''Littles'' - didn't realize were available to them. ... New research finds that emotional health in childhood is the key to future happiness. According to the London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance, ''By far the most important predictor of adult life satisfaction is emotional health, both in childhood and subsequently.''

This article was published online by the Miami Herald on January 29, 2015
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Richard Layard webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage

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