Raising Mindful & Compassionate Kids #WomenOnTheMove

Mindful & compassionate kids are not only empathetic towards others but also grow up to be responsible adults. #WomenOnTheMove

We all know that mindfulness is good for us. As we go on with our stressful everyday lives, mindfulness is the only answer to our modern woes. Mindfulness helps us to be aware of our surroundings, adopt mindful parenting methods, turn off the toxic chatter inside our heads and choose a skillful response for a problem instead of succumbing to our visceral reactions.

Mindfulness is not only important for adults, it is also good for children. It helps children develop empathy and compassion towards others, helps them to improve their attention paying abilities, reduces the primordial urge of bullying in children, calms them down when they are upset and drives them to make better, conscious, compassionate decisions. In short, it helps with emotional regulation and cognitive focus.

How to encourage kids to be more compassionate

@womensweb as parents we need to be aware of both our conscious as well as unconscious biases

— Shruti Basu (@shruti_s_basu) February 22, 2017

@womensweb Create and write in a Gratitude journal. Ive started it with my little one and it helps a ton. #WomenOnTheMove

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— Radhika (@rads) February 22, 2017

@womensweb most kids are born compassionate.. we just need to ensure we nature it ;appreciate it and exhibiting it across situations

— Shruti Basu (@shruti_s_basu) February 22, 2017

@womensweb Demonstrate #compassion towards people working for you at home and at work. Towards the less fortunate ones. #womenonthemove

— Vaishali Gandhi (@vaishali178) February 22, 2017

@womensweb use stories ,instill value for all life forms,make them sensitive to differences

— Pooja Priyamvada (@IAmSufiZen) February 22, 2017

@womensweb Take them to an orphanage, animal shelter or home for the disabled close to their birthdays and make a donation. #womenonthemove

— Vaishali Gandhi (@vaishali178) February 22, 2017

A3. 1. Help your friends
2. Do simple chores around the house. 3. Read a lot about how people are compassionate. @womensweb #WomenOnTheMove

— Shailaja V (@shyvish) February 22, 2017

@womensweb let them play with your house help and let them see you treating everyone with respect.

— Songs in my sojourn (@songsnsojourn) February 22, 2017

@womensweb so we label 👎acts AS BUCKET DIPPING n 👍as BUCKET FILLING…BUCKET is kindness container.using with animal compassion pic.twitter.com/hSKgHJ4FMJ

— Rena Ahuja (@ReasonRena) February 23, 2017

As parents we should understand that our words have no meaning if we only preach and not practice. What we need to do is indulge in mindful parenting. Instead of words it is better we lead with examples.

Stop comparing your kids with others

@womensweb yep. Ive made that mistake with my older two. I was young and foolish. Despite knowing I hated it as a child myself.

— Radhika (@rads) February 22, 2017

@womensweb A2 she’s just two and at times I end up doing that but apply the brakes as soon as I can #WomenOnTheMove

— Akshata (@Awestruck_Aks) February 22, 2017

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True all kids are unique n have potential to do lots of things. So we must encourage thm instead pulling thm dwn

— Sonalini Singh (@sonalini_singh) February 22, 2017

@womensweb take a deep breath n appreciate all good things in ur child.#WomenOnTheMove

— Sonalini Singh (@sonalini_singh) February 22, 2017

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So true. Kids imitate us all the time. So we need to behave ourselves first.

— Sonalini Singh (@sonalini_singh) February 22, 2017

Help children to express their emotions before you have the talk

@womensweb by allowing them to air it. then talk about it and work on the why and how it can be resolved. #WomenOnTheMove

— Radhika (@rads) February 22, 2017

@womensweb A3 she’s a toddler reasoning doesn’t work, try to be calm and let it pass #WomenOnTheMove

— Akshata (@Awestruck_Aks) February 22, 2017

@womensweb giving him a lil space to calm him. Pacifying him by understanding the real problem n then looking for a solution together.

— Sonalini Singh (@sonalini_singh) February 22, 2017

Yes, you should always support your child but not when they are on the wrong side of the fence

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Yes. I feel they must respect everyone around them.

— Sonalini Singh (@sonalini_singh) February 22, 2017

@womensweb A4 I will talk to her about it offline and understand why, it’s unlike her nature so there has to be a reason #WomenOnTheMove

— Akshata (@Awestruck_Aks) February 22, 2017

@womensweb intervene but not embarrass her.Replay the situation once back home n understand her perspective and have a conversation basis it

— Shruti Basu (@shruti_s_basu) February 22, 2017

@womensweb bullying is often where kids overlook compassion the most, we must introspect how are we shaping their views about violence

— Pooja Priyamvada (@IAmSufiZen) February 22, 2017

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