The everything parent's guide to raising mindful children
Subtitle: giving parents the tools to teach emotional awareness, coping skills, and impulse control in children
By: Jeremy Wardle and Maureen Weinhardt
Contributors: Weinhardt, Maureen
Series: The everything parent's guides; Everything series; Everything parent's guide series; Everything series
Publisher: Adams Media Corporation
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Avon, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781440561306
Subjects: Parenting; Child rearing
Other titles: Raising mindful children
Description: Mindfulness means paying attention on purpose. This sounds simple, but it's not always easy. Learn how practicing mindfulness can help your child refocus attention to reduce anxiety, control emotions and behavior, and even improve grades.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to mindfulness; title: The benefits of mindfulness; title: Welcome to your practice; title: The brain; title: How children learn; title: Children's learning styles; title: Child development basics; title: Infants (birth to walking); title: Toddlers (Walking to three years); title: Children (three to nine years); title: Practicing mindfulness with children (three to nine years); title: Preadolescence, adolescence, and beyond; title: Teaching your child mindfulness; title: Mindfully teaching children through stories; title: Mindful parenting pointers; title: Living a mindful life; title: Conversations with mindful parents; title: Mindfulness programs in school.