Children … smile as many as 400 times per day.

Source: "The Hidden Power of Smiling." Mar. 2011. TED2011. Conference Presentation. Additional Information: This quote is from entrepreneur Ron Gutman's 2011 TED Talk in which he shares some surprising facts about smiling. The quote is one of these facts. After sharing this fact, Gutman presents another piece of information about smiling and children -- that being around children makes people smile because smiling is contagious; when someone smiles around us, it suppresses the control we normally have over our facial muscles and we mimic the smile. Watch the full TED Talk here: Ron Gutman - The Hidden Power of Smiling

“The Hidden Power of Smiling.” Mar. 2011. TED2011. Conference Presentation.