Name: Calm Kids: A Step-by-Step Guide to Meditation for Kids with ADHD
Item: Calm Kids: A Step-by-Step Guide to Meditation for Kids with ADHD
Rating: 3
Author: D.R. Martin

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Beautiful images, simple steps for meditation, with a thread’s connection to ADHD.

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Unlock the magical power of meditation with Calm Kids, your go-to guide for helping children with ADHD find focus, calm, and creativity. Designed to engage young minds through fun activities and engaging insights, this book transforms the practice of meditation into a delightful adventure.

At first glance, Talwinder Sidhu’s 2025 book Calm Kids: A Step-by-Step Guide to Meditation for Kids with ADHD is presented in the vein of Benjamin Hoff’s books, The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet. The book addresses a very complex topic that touches on the physical and spiritual and brings it to a level for young and old readers to share.

Starting with the section “Did you know?” the book introduces the meditation concept of Prana, though perhaps a formal introduction would have helped more. Who is this book for? How is meditation and Prana a benefit for children living on the ADHD spectrum? What is ADHD? Spell out your initialisms, even common ones. Some of this detail is found in the closing “Thank you” section, but might work better in the introduction.

The book then walks the reader through the five steps of a Pranayama meditation journey. Each step is likewise coupled with fresh “Did you know?” pages to reveal facts and helpful tips about Pranayama meditation.

On the surface, the illustrations are beautiful and transport the reader to eastern mysticism or even the world of Avatar Ang. Yet, because no illustrator is named, we know the images are not made by human hand, but by AI. There is no fault in using AI, but when deformed hands and feet are presented as final images. This shows a lack of commitment to the reader, especially when the audience might be hypersensitive to visual mistakes and disturbing backward hands.

In summary of Calm Kids: A Step-by-Step Guide to Meditation for Kids with ADHD, I applaud the authors desire to share mediation with children living with ADHD. However, I give the book three out of five stars (3 of 5) because the illustrations reveal a reliance on AI creations that undermines any commitment to the audience. While the illustrations are magical and gorgeous, they are equally flawed. More notably, the book does not form a clear connection to kids with ADHD, other than a brief personal anecdote in the afterword pages of the book.

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Oh sure, you'll read this, but you won't leave a comment, fine. D.R. Martin is the mind behind the Grim Chronicles series, which he dreamt up in Bangkok, TH. Youngest of 8 kids in a navy family, he has a BA in Film, an MA in Media, and lives with his wife, teenage son, and two cats in Chicago-land.

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