When we imagine a peaceful world—one without violence, bullying, and division—we must begin by looking at the hearts of our children. Emotional wellness isn’t a luxury; it’s a global need. Resilient children become compassionate adults. Connected families build stronger communities. And communities rooted in empathy create a more peaceful world. That is the driving force behind Better Together Foundation.
Better Together Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in the Austin area with a bold mission: to equip the next generation with the emotional tools and coping skills needed to create a more compassionate and peaceful world—starting from within. We believe that social and emotional learning (SEL) doesn’t just improve individual well-being; it is a peace-building strategy.
Founded by child psychologist and children’s book author Taylor Harper, Psy.D., the foundation delivers free, research-based emotional wellness programming to Title I and underserved schools. Every visit includes mindfulness activities, coping-skills training, and high-engagement storytelling designed to strengthen emotional language, empathy, and self-confidence. When children learn to recognize and regulate their emotions, they are better prepared to thrive, both academically and socially, and to care deeply for others.
Books are a core part of our impact. Each school receives free copies of award-winning, coping-skills-focused children’s books so that the lessons continue well beyond a single assembly. When a child can take a book home, they bring those skills into their family, impacting siblings, caregivers, and future generations.
And we aren’t stopping there.
Better Together Foundation is launching formal research initiatives to measure how literacy-based SEL influences children’s stress, confidence, and school success. By partnering with educators, mental health professionals, and community sponsors, we’re transforming storytime into evidence-based wellness intervention accessible to all children, regardless of zip code or financial barriers.
The vision is expansive: reach 1 million children in all 50 states within the next three years and build scalable tools that can support emotional wellness programs globally. When you change how children understand and process their emotions, you change their future and the future of the world they will build.
Every donor, every sponsor, and every school partnership fuels that change. Support for Better Together Foundation doesn’t just fund books or a single event; it plants the seeds of resilience, empathy, and connection that ripple outward in ways we may never fully see—but children will always feel.
A calmer classroom becomes a safer community.
A supported child becomes a kinder leader.
One heart becomes many.
Mental wellness is not the final step toward peace. It is the first.
Together, we are raising a generation that can breathe through stress, speak their truth, support one another, and build the kind of world we all want to live in.
Global peace begins within, one heart at a time.
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