The mindful child : how to help your kid manage stress and become happier, kinder, and more compassionate / Susan Kaiser Greenland.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The new ABCs : attention, balance, and compassion -- An opportunity : using the science of mindful awareness -- Getting started : understand and fuel your motivation -- As simple as breathing : get started with relaxation and calming -- Refined awareness : learn how to pay attention -- Friendly awareness : meditate, speak, relate, and act mindfully and compassionately -- Sensory awareness : become aware of the physical world.

"The step-by-step process of mental training presented in [this book] provides tools from which all children--and all families--will benefit."--Back cover.

Mindful awareness works by enabling you to pay closer attention to what is happening within you-- your thoughts, feelings and emotions-- so you can better understand what is happening to you. Greenland has developed techniques to teach mindful awareness to children, building their emotional and social skills and positively affecting their academic performance.