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To React and to Expand  -- Essential Messages for the House, the Schoolhouse and our Holy House In this season of applications, admissions and explorations, whether they be for summer programs, high schools or colleges, it is a good time to step back and ask ourselves the classic question of what we really want for our children and our students. In his book The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness, Dr. Edward Hallowell points out that with respect to this question “your reply will almost certainly include one particular word: the simple, even silly-seeming word happy…….oh sure we want them to contribute to the world; care for others and lead responsible lives. But deep down, most of us, more than anything else, want our children to be happy.”  And happy children, most often lead to happy, contributing adults. Hallowell points to central ingredients that are most critical for us to help children achieve adult happiness.  Two of those elements are optimism and connectedness. Of al