Want to be happy? Try living like a toddler

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What's the secret to a happy life? We often look to the successful, mature and wise for tips. Getting up at 4am, daily runs and affirmations.

If that's not working for you, why not try jumping in puddles, asking silly questions and taking naps? The best model for the good life might be the tiny person in your life playing with blocks and screaming for another episode of Bluey.

Toddlers have incredible brains and a very different perspective to our own. Pediatrician and associate professor Hasan Merali works closely with the under 5s, and says while we're usually the ones teaching them, there's a lot we can also learn from their unencumbered approach to life.