When you take the time to bring kids to a place of happiness it can wash away all their troubles in that moment. That bad memory or memories can be replaced with a good one. Something good to reflect on.
It can also create a thought that life ain't that bad after all.
At my bbq outreaches this is one thing I do with my team. Bring these kids to a place of happiness. Sometimes it's a simple as just getting them to jump in a picture together. Always get them to take at least 5 jump pics and on the 3rd or 4th pic you'll see the big smiles :) Yes it's that simple