Kids and Teens
Help Your Kids Let Go of Stuff
By engaging children’s imagination and natural compassion we can help them live a simpler, more mindful life.
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Kids and Teens
Welcome to Mindful.org's health section for kids and teens, a dedicated space where parents, educators, and caregivers can find mindfulness resources tailored for children's well-being. Our content is designed to nurture young minds, offering engaging articles, activities, and guided practices that promote emotional health, concentration, and a positive mindset in kids. From playful mindfulness exercises to strategies for coping with anxiety, our resources help children build resilience and develop healthy habits for life.
Kids and Teens
The Future of Education: Mindful Classrooms
An in-depth look at the research and best practices for bringing mindfulness into schools.
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Health
How Social-Emotional Skills Can Fit into School Curricula
K-12 teachers offer practical—and fun!—ways that social-emotional learning can be integrated into traditional lessons.
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Compassion
3 Ways to Inspire Kids to Share
New research provides insight into what matters to kids when they decide to give.
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Health
Mindfulness in Schools Can Provide a Lifeline for Teens
How one mother's vision to help her daughter and daughter's friends with anxiety turned into a mindfulness program that's been taught to 15,000 kids in eight school districts.
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Anxiety
School’s Out for the Summer. Why Aren’t Teens More Chill?
Unaddressed anxiety has a different impact on young minds—that's why it's important to confront our own fears in a mindful way while providing resources for our teens.
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Focus
The Science of Fidget Spinners: Mindful or Mindless?
A look a the science of fidgeting—Plus 5 games that use fidget spinners to make mindfulness accessible and help it stick with both kids and adults.
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Calm
What Happens in a Child’s Brain When They Learn to Empathize?
A new study explores what brain changes happen when children start understanding that other people may have different thoughts, beliefs, or perspectives.
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Compassion
The Art of Admiring: A Mindful Lesson from a Toy Camera
How one photo-addicted mom found mindfulness in her daughter's toy camera. Plus, a simple noticing practice for non-judgemental awareness.
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Calm
5 Mindful Tips for Parenting Conundrums
Explore how mindfulness can help you enjoy your family time instead of being anxious or easily provoked by your children into unhelpful reactions.
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