Children are not by nature “happy” in the way they are often presented, as “representations of happiness” like the “inner child” etc— they learn the word “sad” before “happy”— they are extremely serious, even in their play they are serious.
There were like 5 different times during The Substance where all I could do was crane my neck away from the screen muttering "no girl no no no dont do it girl noooooo"
today a student interrupted class with an "important announcement." he shared his screen of a picture of a monkey and said "my important announcement IS... monkey :)"
Spanish is the superior language because you can point to a monkey or a plastic bag gracefully dancing in the wind and say "me" but instead of the word me you say "yo"