With 14% of Australian children aged between four and 17 having mental-health problems, and one in 10 children experiencing intense anxiety at some point during their childhood, teaching mindfulness to children has become a way to teach them to better deal with stress and anxiety.
Research shows that mindfulness training in children increases connectivity in the frontal lobe of the brain, which is linked to improved attention, memory processing and decision-making abilities. Mindfulness training increases children’s ability to self-regulate their emotions, especially those difficult emotions such as fear and anger!