Teach your children the art of stillness

Teach your children the art of stillness (Photo: iStock)

It took the stillness of a forest for Joan Mwende, a single mother of one, to learn about silence and what children are quietly losing at home – why silence scares children and how parents can gently teach the lost skill of being still.

After days of noise, notifications, deadlines and the constant tug of responsibility, Ngong Forest offered something rare to her – a quiet that did not demand performance. “My steps slowed, my shoulders dropped, and even my thoughts learned to whisper. It felt unfamiliar at first, almost unsettling, then deeply regulating,” said Mwende, mother to a 15-year-old girl.