The Mindful Families Website
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Summary Mindful Families offers a wealth of materials for bringing mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhism to parenting and education.
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Mindful Families is the website in association with the Sitting Together book series by Sumi Loundon Kim, the Buddhist chaplain at Yale University and founder of the Mindful Families of Durham. Mindful Families offers a generous selection of resources for bringing mindfulness, meditation and Buddhist wisdom into parenting and education. On the site you will find lesson plans, book recommendations, songs, videos, and more.
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Mindful Families offers a wealth of materials for bringing mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhism to parenting and education.