Care.com's Guide to Happiness

Are you happy? Here are tips to help improve happiness and become a happier person -- for moms, dads, kids and entire families.

We're up at the crack of dawn. We go to bed at 9 p.m. Our house is now our workplace. We worry and stress and plan. And repeat. Who knew parenthood was so hard?

But how does this life as Mom and Dad affect our happiness? The following pieces give happiness tips for parents, kids, families and marriages.

• 101 Ways to Be Happy
• Are Parents Really Happy?
• 7 Signs You Have a Happy Family
• 7 Tips for Raising a Happy Child
• 10 Ways to Be a Happy Mom
• 4 Tips for Raising Happy Children
• 6 Tips for How to Be Happy Parents
• How to Have a Happy Marriage
• "Why Am I So Unhappy?" Find the Root of Your Unhappiness and How to Change
• 9 Secrets for Having a Happy Holiday Season

Tiffany Smith is the director of content and publicity at William Woods University. She has written for All You, Time for Kids and the Boston Globe. And, as a former babysitter, she knows a lot about fun games to play with kids. Getting them to eat their veggies -- that’s a different story! Follow her on Twitter at @tiffanyiswrite.