Mindfulness, or present-oriented and nonjudgmental awareness, has been described as a positive cognitive orientation that allows for self-regulation, self-compassion, and positive self-regard. Recently, research has emerged at the intersection of mindfulness and family psychology suggesting that parents’ heightened mindfulness may facilitate beneficial family and child outcomes through parents’ more positive responding to children. In this presentation, three works are reviewed testing elements of this premise. In the first work, the results of a meta-analysis (k = 30 studies) show that parents’ heightened mindfulness is related to more mindfully aware (r_pooled = .47) and positive parenting (r_pooled = .24), and (to a weaker degree) less negative parenting (r_pooled = -.17). Contrary to the aforementioned premise, a secondary analysis using meta-mediation suggests that the link between parent mindfulness and child well-being may be direct, rather than indirectly facilitated by mindfully aware parenting. The second work shows (in n = 127 Canadian parent-child dyads) that parents with heightened mindfulness have cognitive space for better perspective-taking of their children, resulting in early adolescents’ positive interactions with parents—specifically, less conflicted and more willing parent-child conversations. Finally, the third work touches on the mechanisms that may underlie the parent mindfulness and parenting link (in n = 256 US parents). Results of the third work suggest that parents’ elevated mindfulness is linked to more positive and self-compassionate cognitions about their parenting role, particularly among parents of children with self-regulatory issues, which in turn associates with less negative parenting (overreactive and lax parenting). The results are summarized with reference to the Consolidated Mindful Parenting Model, which helps researchers and practitioners identify the pathways by which elevating mindfulness in parents may facilitate self-compassionate and well-regulated parenting responses during parent-child interactions, culminating in children’s well-being.