Playful Self-Compassion Resources for Kids (and Caregivers)
If you’re looking for simple, playful ways to help kids grow self-compassion and navigate big feelings, you’re in the right place.
You can start with the Feelings Habit Animal Quiz, explore stories and activities, or find practices to use together.
Resilience-Boosting Activities for Kids
The Feelings Habit Animal Quiz, This Quiz provides a playful way for grown-ups and kids to discover their current habits around feelings, which is a foundation for building resilience skills together.
The Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Workbook for Kids (2-Volume Series) includes 40+ Fun Activities & Comics to Grow Mindfulness and Self-Compassion in each workbook. Kids love these books! Learn more.
Guided Practices, Listen to guided audio mindfulness and self-compassion practices for kids. Experiment to find what works for you and your child!
Self-Compassion Stories for Kids, Watch short stories featuring the Habit Animals from the Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Workbook for Kids.
Resilience-Boosting Resources for Adults
The Path to Resilience Journaling Challenge, Join Jamie Lynn Tatera for a free Journaling Challenge designed to help you boost your own resilience (resilient adults are equipped with skills to raise resilient kids).
Self-Compassion.org, Kristin Neff’s self-compassion website is an excellent place to learn more about the practice of self-compassion and access related research.
Interviews
Interview with the Mother-Daughter Duo. What’s Maya Lynn’s self-compassion story?
Excerpt from Interview with Christopher Germer on shame and parenting with self-compassion.
Recommended Books
The Path to Resilience Photo Book, authored by Jamie Lynn Tatera with photographs by Jorie Johanson, is a beautiful, multi-generational resource for helping parents and children grow mindfulness, resilience, and self-compassion.
The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook, written by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer, is a wonderful resource for adults to support your mindful self-compassion journey.
The Whole-Brain Child, written by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, is an excellent parenting book, full of resources that will help you to nurture your child’s developing mind.