
Educating about respect for animals
The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has a new website that offers parents and teachers an invaluable one-stop welfare resource for educating children about respect and compassion for animals and their needs. This website, www.animal-education.org is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese and provides the full content of WSPA’s First Concepts in Animal Welfare

Teaching children to relax
Teaching children to relax Have you ever considered promoting the benefits for children of relaxed mindfulness or offering workshops for members’ families on this topic? Experts at Duke University, in Durham, N.C., recommend mindfulness, which is a technique borrowed from meditation, to help children deal with the many academic and social pressures in their lives.