Mindfulness, Children, and Families

We are delighted to present a Special Issue of the Journal of Child and Family Studies on Mindfulness, Children, and Families. The initial plan for this Special Issue came from an international conference where we first met in the summer of 2007. Although this seems like a long time coming, we had a shared perspective that a Special Issue might be a good way to take stock of the field and to offer a context for future development. Taking a look at the 12 papers and the book review that are a part of this issue, our initial enthusiasm has been proved worthwhile. At the same time, we could not have predicted the level of interest in the Special Issue and the high quality of the papers that have resulted from this exercise. We believe that this collection of papers give us all great hope for the future of mindfulness-based work with young people and their families. …