i was reading the september/october issue of a magazine called Scientific American Mind and this issue includes a special report about new education systems that is being applied mainly in the US ,Canada and the UK....The program is called Mindup, it is the idea of actress Goldie Hawn (she has done meditation for years)... the program teaches kids in their schools various techniques of breathing,mindfulness meditation,how the human brain biology works etc...and results have shown that kids whose schools include this program are happier,less stressed,have better grades ,more attention and self control and express more gratitude and appreciation for what they have in life... it is an amazing 20 pages article.... too bad in their website the magazine does not post the full report they only summarize it very briefly and shallowly ... ps:dont know if this thread should be in this forum....dear moderators feel free to move it for better placement