Research is piling up that backs meditation and mindfulness....even with a younger population in a school setting. Seems like this is something to pay attention to.

Meditation in school:
http://www.upworthy.com/this-school-replaced-detention-with-meditation-the-results-are-stunning?c=apstream

Science backs it up:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810016300058

Some reasons to meditate:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/feeling-it/201309/20-scientific-reasons-start-meditating-today