OUR MISSION STATEMENT
At Artists for Happiness, we are dedicated to helping children and adults adopt values they may not have thought about, that can help them navigate the world in these difficult times, using fun art workshops, led by North Vancouver artist, Kathy Poitras.
HOW WE BEGAN
When "The Way to Happiness" came out in 1981, Kathy was impressed with its purpose to help arrest the current moral decline in society and thought it could be a good vehicle to help her arm her own children from bad and ill-intentioned influences.
Using the book, Kathy and Jack raised their children to be able to make good choices and avoid the pitfalls of teenage hood.
When the drama club wanted to go out and get drunk after the play, Kathy's daughters invited them to the clean and sober party at their house. The point being that Kathy's children were, for the most part, able to not be fooled by those who could profit from their bad choices.
SUCCESS
Kathy used her creativity to indoctrinate her children in the precepts of the book. Using conversation, coloring and other creative activities to help them.
This empowered them to make positive choices as they were growing up. It helped them realize that there were other options they may have never thought of otherwise. It strengthened them to be their own advisor, when peer pressure was pushing them into an activity that would harm them.
CHILDREN IN TODAYS WORLD
Children today are under more pressure than when Kathy's children were growing up, and this book is more relevant today than it was then.
WORKSHOPS
Kathy loves helping people and has delivered hundreds of art workshops promoting these values. She started delivering these workshops when covid started, live online, and then after we were able to get together again, live and in person.
HOW TO BOOK A WORKSHOP
- Read the book.
- Pick three values from the book you would like your students to know.
- Based on the three values you selected; we will create a fun and engaging art workshop and present the outline to you.
To discuss the workshop CONTACT KATHY
To order a FREE copy of How to Make Good Choices Booklet click here:
My Free Gift to You. How to Make Good Choices Booklet for kids – Poitras Art Studio
My Free Gift to You: " The Way to Happiness" booklet by L. Ron Hubbard
13 comments
This is exactly what the world needs more of , thank you Kathy
I have worked with preschool children for over 20 years and have applied these principles with them on a daily basis. For instance, I have used precept 20 “Try to treat others as you would want them to treat you” to assist in conflict resolution between children and find that it’s such a basic concept that even young children can grasp it rather easily and it helps solve the problem. Also, I am a mother of two small children under 3 years old and I often find myself using the data in The Way to Happiness booklet to explain to my child the importance of getting a good night sleep, eating well and taking care of his body. It makes getting his willingness to do these things a lot easier and things just run more smoothly.
The Way to Happiness is a great life precepts to follow which are very easy. I guide my son for better life. Eg. He had argument with his classmate, and they started fighting. After I found out the reason was “he said something that his classmate dislike, so they hit each other,” I use 19 “19. Try Not To Do Things To Others That You Would Not Like Them to Do To You” and then they understood and both apologized to each others.
Today
This is a great book. It’s like a compass show me how to act in life so I can have better life and create better life.
Most importantly is EVERYONE can follow !
The Way To Happiness is a wonderful guide for adults and children, to make good decisions in life. The precepts in this book, are invaluable and provide a good moral code and guidance for a good life. Both my children, have made good choices, and have become responsible, productive and very competent adults, who are now applying and sharing the knowledge from this booklet, with their children. EB