The secret to raising the happiest kids in the world? Whatever it is, it s
somewhere in the Netherlands . . .
Would parents rather their children be successful or happy? Kids in the US face
lots of pressure to excel often at the expense of happiness. But does it have to
be this way? Not in the Netherlands! In The Happiest Kids in the World, expats
Rina Mae Acosta and Michele Hutchison both married to Dutchmen and bringing up
their kids in the Netherlands examine the unique environment that enables the
Dutch to turn out such well-adjusted, independent children. With heaps of good
humor, and no