Parent Approved Tips and Tricks for Travel
This is another list created from parent conversations and recommendations. Traveling with young children is…challenging…here are some recommendations from folks […]
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This is another list created from parent conversations and recommendations. Traveling with young children is…challenging…here are some recommendations from folks […]
Read moreThis list originated two or three years ago…a group of parents in one class were swapping tips on where they […]
Read moreThis week my mind is on judgement. Don’t worry: It’s not because I’m judging you or because anyone has been […]
Read moreHappy New Year! This is the first RIE in Real Life of 2023, and I haven’t seen a baby or […]
Read moreWhatever your traditions are at the end of the calendar year, though, you’ll probably be spending more time in the […]
Read moreIt was cold earlier this week, you guys! I know I have some readers who don’t live in Southern CA, […]
Read moreSlow down, and then slow down a little more. One of Magda Gerber’s classic sayings. And, like all of RIE, […]
Read moreBeing a parent is full of uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure…ask anyone on the playground! (I’ve often said that judging […]
Read moreDay/Deck Dreaming
Read moreThat’s one definition of “freedom to explore” Did you know that there are seven basic principles to putting RIE into […]
Read moreAn excerpt fromThe Parents’ Tao te Ching Hello and Happy Friday Saturday, First of all, a belated but sincere happy […]
Read moreSometimes I get an idea for a topic for this newsletter from something I see or hear during my week […]
Read moreMy weekly newsletters are often about a single idea, a story or two about that idea. The idea is that […]
Read moreAs always, I hope this message finds you well. You may have noticed that my weekly newsletter hasn’t hit your […]
Read moreFrom the Parents’ Tao te Ching First, to all those who celebrate, I wish you a happy and healthy new […]
Read moreWhat a difference a week makes. From triple digits last week to almost Fall-like weather this (with some rain thrown […]
Read moreEnvironment is on my mind today…and I’m not talking about “the” environment, even though Earth Day just passed and it […]
Read moreA year ago, I barely knew what a webinar was. This week, I hosted one. What a long, strange year […]
Read moreMagda Gerber said that we often underestimate babies and overestimate toddlers. It’s true: since babies are born so dependent on […]
Read moreA while ago, RIE asked its Associates (of whom there are now close to 70, and not just here in […]
Read moreToday, I found myself in a small park with a playground. And a LOT of people. By a lot, I […]
Read moreTaking care of difficult feelings. That was the title of the chapter we discussed last week in the Raising Good […]
Read moreFridays and Saturdays are my favorite days of the week…but not for the reason you’re likely thinking. Sure, working a […]
Read moreIn the RIE Win I shared yesterday, I talked about the heart of the Educaring Approach. Yes, the organization calls […]
Read moreKnock, Knock Who’s There? Interrupting Cow Interrupting Cow W… MOO!!! … … Is that a joke in your house right […]
Read moreIn late January I listened to an excellent webinar, put on by Minding the Baby called The Relational Foundations of […]
Read moreMy favorite parenting book is The Parents’ Tao te Ching. If you’ve been in one of my classes or read […]
Read moreAh, what a cozy day it was…big clouds with bright blue sky giving way to gray, drizzling rain and chilly […]
Read moreOne of the exciting things about creating and publicizing my website is that it has brought me back in touch […]
Read moreMy mind is still on the events of Wednesday. Scrolling through Instagram this morning, I found a really excellent post […]
Read moreMy logical brain knew that a simple turning of the calendar page, the passing of an arbitrary marker of time […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreHappy New Year! I hope everyone rung in the year safely and joyfully. Here we are…day 1 of a new […]
Read moreEarlier this week, I watched a video entitled Parenting in a Pandemic with Britta Bushnell, a birth educator many of […]
Read moreOne of the core pieces of the Educaring Approach, part of what makes it so special, part of what really […]
Read moreThe other day, I started a conversation with my former student, Kumi, about the word “cooperation.” We were discussing a […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreIf you have no compassion for yourself then you are not capable of developing compassion for others.-Dalai Lama Another beautiful, […]
Read moreChange is on my mind today…the season’s changing (and the weather actually seems to be changing, too), your children are […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreI write to discover what I know.-Flannery O’Connor You can make anything by writing.-C.S. Lewis Those two quotations came to […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreLast night’s all too brief webinar with Dan Siegel was a really excellent cliff’s note version of the book, The […]
Read moreI called my Grandmother today. It was a quick call, prompted because I wasn’t sure if her electronic picture frame […]
Read moreWay back when life was, well the way it was before the way it has been for the last 5 […]
Read moreMy recent piece about trauma was one of my most-responded to articles to date. I expect one of the reasons […]
Read moreThis week I talked to a mom who watched her child go through a life-threatening trauma. I won’t get into […]
Read moreTransitions are hard, m’kay? When you think about it, transitions can be hard for all of us. Getting myself to […]
Read moreI just want to say that my hat is off to all of you. I mean it. Parenting is hard. […]
Read moreResilience. That’s my word of the week. I know, I know…I said “joy” was, but as it turns out, resilience […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreSo, safety was already on my mind because I’ve been reading The Power of Showing Up, another gem by Tina […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreOkay, so I’ve been teasing it for a while now, and here it is: my synopsis and review of The […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreLast night my mind was on struggle. I imagine struggle isn’t far from your minds most days…be it on the […]
Read moreOver the last couple of weeks, I’ve been talking to several people who are new to RIE …parents of young […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreToday, I finally want to share a little about the marvelous book, Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreI’m hoping this message finds you well, but I wonder if you, like me, and like some of the parents […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreWhat follows isn’t what I set out to write about today. A few days ago someone posted a screencapture of […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreMy health insurance provider gifted me a yearlong subscription to a meditation app. My new yoga app offered a deep […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreKumiko Akiyama (Kumi) was my student for one year during the second portion of her training to become a RIE […]
Read moreJust a short email today to let you know about a wonderful resource for your family…it’s a children’s book written […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreSo, I have to say, I feel that the main idea behind this webinar was to give you strategies for […]
Read moreSometimes inspiration comes from within, and sometimes it comes from the world around me…this time, my inspiration comes from a […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreI’m never sure what I’m going to write about on Wednesdays. Normally, this would give me anxiety…just like, as a […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreHello and Happy Thursday, Yes, Thursday…no I didn’t forget what day it was yesterday (well, I did, but just for […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreThis has been a hard week for me, and from the emails and texts I’ve gotten, I think it’s getting […]
Read moreMy dear RIE families, How are you? No really: how are you? I’m thinking about you every day and I […]
Read moreWe’re all getting those emails… ‘our response to coronavirus!!” You can’t escape it when you turn on the news, even […]
Read moreRIE classes are a little different than your typical mommy and me class, there’s little you have to do, but […]
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