I discovered that if I have a despressed/a bit blue child, I keep putting them on "playing in the sand", with 2 taps of the green glove & then "playing with toys" & 2 taps with green glove. Keep switching them out over & over & eventually the child will get happy & keep going & they will be elated. I suppose you could use other activities as well, but these are very close to each other on the map & easy to switch back & forth from. Just remember to give 2 pats w/green glove each time. 1 takes much longer & more than 2 makes them run away.