Mindfulness can strengthen focus, manage stress, and improve emotional reactivity. But how do you use it in everyday life? Start here, with this list of recommended activities, apps, books, and online resources for children, parents, and teachers. Involving mindfulness practices can strengthen areas of the brain responsible for attention, emotional control, and problem solving,” say psychologists Kirk Strosahl and Patricia Robinson, authors of In This Moment. “There is emerging evidence that mindfulness-based brain training produces permanent structural changes in the brain.”