lovingkindness

Joy jars are a fun and effective way to bring awareness to moments that light children up and practice gratitude. This resource includes all the hows and whys, including science based research, prompts, materials to use, and other reflections.

Our advisor Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche provided the seed statement for this prayer for children to say in the morning.

Middle Way Education and the Rigpé Yeshé Children Programme got together to think about families around the globe who are adjusting to a whole new way of being together. They came up with a list of suggestions and activities to connect as a family, in a space of wisdom.

A guided loving kindness meditation using the breath as an anchor.

In this difficult moment of the global coronavirus pandemic, here is a loving kindness practice to do at home with children.

A guided loving-kindness practice to help us calm our minds, find stability, and open our hearts.

Parent, educator and Buddhist Chaplain Sumi Loundon Kim offers "5 supremely doable steps to bring mindfulness to parenting” from Lion’s Roar.

A bedtime metta practice for children.

This short book was written by Gregory Kramer, cofounder and president of the Metta Foundation in Portland, Oregon. He offers insight and advice for how to practice lovingkindness (or metta) with children of any age, based on his own personal experience with his children over sixteen years.