Teach children attitude kindness
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Dr. Barbara Fredrickson found that just six weeks of training in a form of meditation focused on
kindness and compassion resulted in increased positive emotions,
social connectedness, and even improved health for participants in her study.
In a similar study, Dr. Richard Davidson found that as little as two weeks’ training in
compassion and kindness meditation led to changes in brain circuitry linked to an increase in positive social behaviors, such as generosity.
Even three months after these experiments concluded, participants continued to display increased mindfulness, purpose in life, social support and decreased illness symptoms.
Loving-kindness meditation involves thinking of loved ones and sending them
positive thoughts. Later, your child can expand her positive thoughts to more neutral people in her life as well. Dr. Fredrickson describes this form of meditation as
“directing good-hearted wishes to others.”
The four traditional phrases are, “May you feel safe. May you feel happy. May you feel healthy. May you live with ease.” But the actual wording you and your child use aren’t important; it’s about generating feelings of kindness and warmth.
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7 Activities to Help Your Child Develop a Positive Attitude
