Whatever a child has experienced outside of home, while in kindergarten or school, or simply while playing with the children in the neighboring yard, a warm mother's hug is the best defense against everything that children face outside his native home.

Scientists have now been able to peer into the brains of meditating people and have discovered a few pleasant surprises. A number of health benefits of meditation have also been found, including reducing stress, improving attention, improving memory, and even increasing creativity and feelings of compassion. But how can something as simple as focusing on a single object produce such significant results? Here, we'll present some of the growing scientific evidence about the ways in which meditation changes and improves brain function.