With evidence-based scientific research, non-religious meditation and mindfulness enhancing mental health and well-being have spread from the West to all over the world, including Chinese societies in the past decade in medical care, social welfare and education. Recent training has paid further attention to the ethical values and cultural contexts behind mindfulness, loving-kindness, and resilience. Curricula have been adapted by some schools and social welfare organizations for fitting needs of students, teachers and parents in Hong Kong.
Most authors of this book, including scholars, parents, and youth professionals, have engaged in mindfulness, values education, and parenting for over a decade. Apart from introducing core concepts and updated research, the authors also discuss coping strategies and challenges of different development stages of students with cases.