"Hawn has dedicated her time and energy to children's mental health through MindUP, the evidence-based program she founded to help kids better understand their emotions. Now, she's bringing those same ideas to our kids through The After-School Kindness Crew: Pooch on the Loose, a humorous and heartfelt middle-grade book series co-written with Lin Oliver."
"She discussed emotional resilience not as some trendy parenting buzzword, but as something profoundly human - a thing kids need and deserve just as much as food, sleep, and love. As the conversation moved off page, she opened up about raising empathetic kids, why parents need "brain breaks" too, and her hope that the next generation gets to experience more freedom, more connection, and more joy."
"The story follows a group of fourth graders as they navigate everyday challenges with kindness, curiosity, and mindfulness... complete with "brain breaks" woven throughout the book to help kids pause and reset alongside the characters."
Goldie Hawn has dedicated over two decades to children's mental health through MindUP, an evidence-based program teaching emotional understanding. She co-authored The After-School Kindness Crew: Pooch on the Loose with Lin Oliver, a middle-grade book series following fourth graders navigating challenges with kindness, curiosity, and mindfulness. The books include "brain breaks" allowing children to pause and reset. Hawn views emotional resilience as fundamental to child development, not merely a parenting trend. She emphasizes that empathy can be taught through experience, as the brain possesses plasticity enabling learning. The series aims to provide children with greater freedom, connection, and joy while developing emotional intelligence and resilience.
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