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The word mindfulness has developed an aesthetic of its own. Beautiful retreats. Yoga clothes. Slow movements. Serene faces. Lots and lots of stillness. As a mother and dance teacher, let me be the first to tell you: mindfulness in children does not look like that. Nor do I think it should. A mindful child can still be loud. She can be wiggly. He can lose it in the grocery store because you bought the wrong apple juice. A mindful child can get angry, embarrassed, jealous, over