--- title: How to Help Your Kid Take a Moment description: Tips on getting kids of all ages to reflect canonical: https://time.com/4042440/how-to-help-your-kid-take-a-moment/ author: Carey Wallace article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-21T13:35:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:57:22.824Z og:title: How to Help Your Kid Take a Moment og:description: Even in the new school year craziness... og:url: https://time.com/4042440/how-to-help-your-kid-take-a-moment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b231e6c5055f82e/6988645da988ca602a6b4687/gettyimages-509106997.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4608 og:image:height: 2592 og:image:alt: boy thinking og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Help Your Kid Take a Moment twitter:description: Even in the new school year craziness... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b231e6c5055f82e/6988645da988ca602a6b4687/gettyimages-509106997.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How to Help Your Kid Take a Moment > Sponsored content. 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In fact, research shows that just having an experience may not do much for us if we don’t take the time to think about it. Instead, it’s when we “sit back and really appreciate it,” McConnell says, that we “find it much more satisfying and positive.” And Shauna Shapiro, professor at Santa Clara University and author of _Mindful Discipline,_ notes that mindfulness, which she defines as simply “remembering what actually matters”, has proven benefits that range from reducing depression, anxiety, and insomnia, to increasing immune function. With kids, it’s especially useful in impulse control, attention, and emotional intelligence. So how can parents help their kids develop habits of reflection and mindfulness? [Parents need all the shortcuts they can get. Sign up for TIME’s weekly roundup of the best parenting news here.](http://time.com/t4parents) The first step, according to both Shapiro and McConnell, is for parents to develop habits of reflection and mindfulness themselves. “Parents don’t always realize how big a source of information they are for their kids,” McConnell says. “But kids are really adept at modeling what they see” – even when parents are not trying to teach. **_Elementary age kids_**_,_ Shapiro observes, have a native bent towards mindfulness, as any parent knows who has tried to put together special event, only to find their child fascinated by some simple thing in the environment. The trick for parents is to engage with and cultivate that kind of attention, instead of hurrying them off to something programmed. When a kid stops to look at something, parents can ask kids what they see, and share their own thoughts. **_Middle school kids_** can start to get in the habit of “mentally catching their breath,” as McConnell puts it. Studies have shown that “better behavior comes from taking a moment.” The question to ask in that moment: “Is that really who I want to be?” Parents can help kids with this two ways: by having good conversations with them about who they want to be—and by the simple reminder to take the time to reflect in moments of transition or stress. **_High school kids_** are starting to develop the habits that will carry them through life. So parents can start conversations with them about what practices help them remember what’s really important, whether that’s keeping a journal, or simply taking a moment to collect themselves under stress. A look in the mirror, McConnell says, can be particularly powerful: studies show that many kids who would otherwise cheat on a test won’t cheat when there’s a mirror in the room: literal “reflection” is that important in shaping the way we act. So giving kids the tools to be mindful and reflect also gives them, as Shapiro puts it, “a way to reset the compass of our heart and the direction that we want to go.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4042440/how-to-help-your-kid-take-a-moment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4042440/how-to-help-your-kid-take-a-moment/"},"headline":"How to Help Your Kid Take a Moment","datePublished":"2015-09-21T13:35:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:57:22.824Z","description":"Tips for every stage of childhood","url":"https://time.com/4042440/how-to-help-your-kid-take-a-moment/","keywords":["Living","Parenting","Children","kids","mindfulness","back to school"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b231e6c5055f82e/6988645da988ca602a6b4687/gettyimages-509106997.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Carey Wallace","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/carey-wallace/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b231e6c5055f82e/6988645da988ca602a6b4687/gettyimages-509106997.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"boy thinking","caption":"","creditText":"Elizabeth Sallee Bauer—Getty Images/RooM RF","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4042440/how-to-help-your-kid-take-a-moment/","name":"How to Help Your Kid Take a Moment"}}]}] ```