Source 3

Layous, Kristin, S. Katherine Nelson, Eva Oberle, Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl, and Sonja Lyubomirsky. "Kindness Counts: Prompting Prosocial Behavior in Preadolescents Boosts Peer Acceptance and Well-Being." Accessed May 20, 2019. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0051380.

This psychology paper describes the positive mental health effects that focussing on one’s environment and doing a “kindness project” can have on children. It shows children caring about others and that having a positive effect on their own mental health. This is a big extra benefit of the behaviour we try to stimulate with our project.