In Response to Nicole's Question

On her blog, Nicole posed the question, "Can someone believe they are unhappy when really they are?" after discussing the idea of false happiness.

I believe that this is one of those "you don't realize what you have until you've lost it" situations. People can go on thinking that they aren't happy and fulfilled until they experience a loss of some kind and figure out that they miss what they lost and did not realize that they enjoyed what they did have until it was taken from them. Do I believe that people can believe that they are unhappy when, in reality, they really are? No. I believe that people hold the means to make their happiness and that it takes those means being lost to realize what happiness the person could have had. To me, it is like what was said in class, you must make your own happiness.

So my question...since outside/external things (machines, games, books, etc.) can cause fake happiness among people through their influence then, can children/infants be the ones that are truly happy as they are not fully affected by external things?