How to have optimistic children

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Depression can happen even in preschoolers as young as age 3, research suggests.

Parenting contributor Donna Tetreault stopped by the studio to share several ways in which you can inspire positive thinking and optimism in your children:

-Be an example of positive thinking
-Manage 'absolutes'
-Learn how to have a great day
-Happy journal
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Watch the full video above!

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