There is so much pressure placed on children from the moment they are born. They're expected to be successful in their studies. They have to be the perfect disciplined mini humans for their family. They have to put up with bullying online and in school. On top of all that, they have to consider their education from a young age in terms of how it will affect their career as adults.
Many of the issues we face as adults are similar. Anxiety and pressure can leave us feeling hopeless and lost. We might become upset easily, we get fragile and emotional when these thoughts and feelings aren't managed properly. We all know how hard this makes life as an adult, but as a child it can be extra confusing.
The book "Smart Ways to Teach Mindfulness for Kids" is a collection of 50 simple exercises which, with kindness and patience, will prove to be the tool you have been looking for when dealing with these situations, making life easier for you.
Tracy Lambert is an empowerment coach, speaker, writer and mother who believes that the more empowered you can teach your children to be, the easier it is for them to balance their lives for fulfilling accomplishments. Having the experience of balancing family life with reaching to the children in her classroom, Tracy treats the subject with simplicity, making it accessible and easy to teach.
Smart Ways to Teach Mindfulness for Kids will help you and your child in more than one way, as it focuses:
- Listening, learning and understanding
- Dealing with emotions like anger, frustration, impatience or anxiety
- Eating disorders and mindless eating
- Having more discipline and self-control
- Promoting compassion and kindness
- Making friends and dealing with colleagues at school
Mindfulness has been shown through research to help improve parenting overall (Duncan)
Mindfulness means bringing one's complete attention to the present experience on a moment-to-moment basis (Ruth A. Baer)
Mindfulness is the psychological process of purposely training one's attention without judgment (American Psychological Association)
