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u, 2010). Despite many changes in society, the family still plays an important role in the formation and development of children’s personalities (Ngo, 2015). This research also shows that school-related factors have a positive influence on the life satisfaction of children between the ages of 8 and 12. Some studies in Vietnam also indicate that the majority of students have positive feelings about the school such as feeling that they learn a lot at school, they feel happy when going to school, school is interesting, they like activities that the school organizes (Le et al., 2017), and positive relationships with teachers and friends play a very important role in bringing satisfaction and joy to children (Ngo & Le, 2013). However, in a study of children in Poland, children rate their satisfaction with school life as low, and their level of satisfaction with their friends also decreased with age (Strózik et al., 2016). Therefore, it is necessary to have several aspects at school such as school violence, relationships with friends and teachers, etc. to improve the school environment and help children feel satisfied more with life. Besides the positive effects of school on children’s life satisfaction, the research also confirms that a good living environment will bring satisfaction to children. Many studies have shown that a good quality of living environment promotes positive satisfaction in children (Gilman 608 & Barry, 2003; Proctor et al., 2008). Our research results once again emphasize the need to pay more attention to children’s living areas to increase children’s life satisfaction. Considering the factors of “Leisure, entertainment, and relaxation” and “Helping family”, although the level of influence is lower than the above factors, this is also an important group of factors that we need to pay attention to. In many studies, playing, entertainment and relaxation activities are considered to be the main factors affecting children’s satisfaction (Matza et al., 2004; Le et al., 2017). In addition, researchers have investigated the extent to which a father’s participation in play activities with his children has a positive effect on the child’s satisfaction (Flouri & Buchanan, 2002). Thereby, it can be seen that creating conditions for children to have fun, relax, and help the family with chores will contribute to supporting children to feel more satisfied with life. This research has some limitations. Children from 8 to 12 years old outside of school are not included in the survey. The convenience sampling procedure may lead to limitations in the research results. Therefore, further studies should pay more attention to the sampling method which selects randomly the group of children outside of school also. In addition, there should be further studies of the influence of other factors on children’s life satisfaction such as various socio-demographic characteristics (e.g. material deprivation, family structure, number of siblings), changes in children’s lives (such as moving home, moving school, changes in family structure or family economic status), the amount of time use for each activity. The comparison between countries around the world with a cross- cultural psychology approach is also necessary to gain more insights and more multidimensional in terms of children’s life satisfaction. V. CONCLUSION Children between 8 and 12 years have fairly high overall life satisfaction. All factors including “Family”, “School”, “Living area”, “Leisure, entertainment, and relaxation”, “Helping family” have impacts on children’s life satisfaction. Among these factors, Family is the most influential factor. 609 Based on the findings, the question of when children aged 8-12 feel satisfied with life is answered. Children have high life satisfaction when they live in a family with parents who love, listen to and respect them. Children get satisfaction when they study at school whose teachers are good listeners and respect students, have friends to share and support each other. They participate in making important decisions. They live in a safe area, do housework, have family members to share and talk to, as well as have time to play, entertain and relax. The research findings are expected to help raise awareness about factors influencing children’s life satisfaction. It can be used to develop a collaboration model between school and family, among teachers, parents and friends for the improvement of children’s life satisfaction. 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