(COLLEGE FIX) — Addressing the purported scourge of bullying, substance abuse and other problems among youth today, several academics have developed a curriculum for youngsters to teach them how to be nicer people.
The “Kindness Curriculum,” created in part by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Richard Davidson, was made “to help [preschoolers] pay closer attention to their emotions” in order to counteract the threat of “bullying, substance abuse, anxiety and depression,” WKOW reports.
Part of the curriculum, the professor said, “involves being able to tune into sensations in the body and learn to identify them and respond to them in an appropriate way.”
