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Surviving Without Elite Status: Introducing Mindfulness To Kids Accustomed to Materialism and Competition

By Brenda Knowles|2016-03-19T18:31:12-05:00April 6th, 2012|Categories: Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Parenting, Personal Evolution, Processing Divorce, Relationships|Tags: 10 Mindful Minutes, awareness of the senses, calming methods, Goldie Hawn, meditative breathing and children, mindfulness, Napoleon Dynamite, parenting, relaxed breathing, single parent vacation|

I wasn't sure I was going to make it through the first three days of our vacation. My children bickered and battled for that damn elusive and short-lived nirvana — Mom's full attention. They reminded me of drowning people climbing on each other in order to keep their head on top. They griped about having to fly [...]

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