Teaching Children Mindfulness and Meditation

The past 2 weeks I was reading from an article that described teaching breath meditation to children in school.  The author spoke of his experience at one particular elementary school in New York.  I was touched by how he described the response of these children.   Many of them developed skills that helped them when tense or anxious moments arose in their day.   They would basically anchor their awareness in the breath, even for only a few moments.    They learned that they could find a safe place inside themselves and they could go there whenever they felt the need of it, just by focusing on their breath.   This is a life skill that they will take with them for many years to come.    Maybe one day this will be taught in many schools and children will learn to access their own inner happiness and peace.