Could meditation be the key to raising balanced, focused children who perform better both academically and creatively?
Anna Selby investigates ‘Stress’ became one of those buzzwords of the 1990s, humming its way through the decade as the cause of all ills. At one end of the spectrum we were presented with bloated businessmen suffering heart attacks as they ran for the train, at the other working mothers pulled every which way and reaching for the Prozac. Stress was the bogeyman that would dog you if you had a high-powered job or if you were long-term unemployed, if you were getting divorced or buying a house, or even if you were going on holiday. In fact, it could make just about everyone suffer – except for one significant group?children. Childhood stress Most of us would like to think that childhood is a time of happiness and innocence. The reality is that children are under just as much pressure as the rest of us. Exams are now taken by children as young as six and seven – and children are only too aware of the importance of academic performance to most parents. But these are not the only stresses f
