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Category: Talking with Young Children

Weird Parents

September 1, 2023
Slowing Down, Talking with Young Children, Why RIE?

And you’ll know you’re definitely a weird parent if, like me, you look forward to the day when “weird” is […]

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RIE in Real Life…Musings from Virtual Life!

July 8, 2023
Slowing Down, Talking with Young Children, Why RIE?

As I mentioned in my very first Thread (yes, I joined. No, I have no idea what I’m doing, but […]

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Getting to Cooperation

June 24, 2023
Slowing Down, Talking with Young Children, Why RIE?

Words are important in the RIE Approach. On so many levels. From speaking respectfully to children, to telling them what […]

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Respect at the Root

April 21, 2023
Talking with Young Children, Why RIE?

I hope this message finds you well on this gorgeous Spring day. And to my families who observe, I wish […]

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Nature…Nurture…Narration

April 8, 2023
Talking with Young Children

Nature. Nurture. Narration. I came across that simple alliteration a while ago and it resonated…You can spot a RIE parent […]

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RIE in Real Life…Please, step away from the babies

December 24, 2022
Caregiving, Slowing Down, Talking with Young Children, Why RIE?

Whatever your traditions are at the end of the calendar year, though, you’ll probably be spending more time in the […]

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RIE in Real Life

December 17, 2022
Caregiving, Slowing Down, Talking with Young Children

It was cold earlier this week, you guys! I know I have some readers who don’t live in Southern CA, […]

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Expectations and Reality – A RIE in Real Life story

November 12, 2022
Slowing Down, Talking with Young Children, Why RIE?

An excerpt fromThe Parents’ Tao te Ching Hello and Happy Friday Saturday, First of all, a belated but sincere happy […]

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Just Wait…a RIE in Real Life example

September 16, 2022
Slowing Down, Talking with Young Children

What a difference a week makes. From triple digits last week to almost Fall-like weather this (with some rain thrown […]

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First RIE in Real Life

June 17, 2022
Slowing Down, Talking with Young Children

It seems I’ve outgrown my old method of sending emails out and it’s time to try something new. With my […]

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Post Traumatic Growth

February 7, 2021
Self Care for Adults, Talking with Young Children, Why RIE?

In late January I listened to an excellent webinar, put on by Minding the Baby called The Relational Foundations of […]

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Talking with Children about Terrorism and Raising Antiracist Humans

January 8, 2021
Talking with Young Children

My mind is still on the events of Wednesday. Scrolling through Instagram this morning, I found a really excellent post […]

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How to Talk to Children When the News is Scary

January 7, 2021
Talking with Young Children

My logical brain knew that a simple turning of the calendar page, the passing of an arbitrary marker of time […]

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Book Summaries: Covid 19: Let’s Talk About the Plan and My Book

October 3, 2020
Talking with Young Children

I write to discover what I know.-Flannery O’Connor You can make anything by writing.-C.S. Lewis Those two quotations came to […]

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Good Job – A RIE Chat Summary

September 29, 2020
Talking with Young Children

(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]

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The Power of Showing Up

September 17, 2020
Talking with Young Children, Why RIE?

Last night’s all too brief webinar with Dan Siegel was a really excellent cliff’s note version of the book, The […]

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Helping Children Recover from Trauma

August 29, 2020
Talking with Young Children

This week I talked to a mom who watched her child go through a life-threatening trauma. I won’t get into […]

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Transitions are Hard

August 26, 2020
Talking with Young Children

Transitions are hard, m’kay? When you think about it, transitions can be hard for all of us. Getting myself to […]

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Safety

July 30, 2020
Slowing Down, Talking with Young Children

So, safety was already on my mind because I’ve been reading The Power of Showing Up, another gem by Tina […]

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Attention

July 18, 2020
Talking with Young Children, Why RIE?

(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]

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Mental Health and Dismantling Racism in Infants and Toddlers – A RIE Chat Summary

June 20, 2020
Self Care for Adults, Talking with Young Children

(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]

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Covid Realities 3 Months In and Talking About Racism – A RIE Chat Summary

June 18, 2020
Play, Talking with Young Children

(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]

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Talking to Children about Protests and Racism II

June 12, 2020
Talking with Young Children

I’m hoping this message finds you well, but I wonder if you, like me, and like some of the parents […]

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Talking to Children about Protests and Racism

June 3, 2020
Talking with Young Children

What follows isn’t what I set out to write about today. A few days ago someone posted a screencapture of […]

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Hope

April 22, 2020
Talking with Young Children

Just a short email today to let you know about a wonderful resource for your family…it’s a children’s book written […]

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Authenticity

April 15, 2020
Talking with Young Children, Why RIE?

Sometimes inspiration comes from within, and sometimes it comes from the world around me…this time, my inspiration comes from a […]

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Talking to Toddlers about Covid-19 (or anything stressful)

March 13, 2020
Talking with Young Children

We’re all getting those emails… ‘our response to coronavirus!!” You can’t escape it when you turn on the news, even […]

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Begin as You Wish to Proceed

April 17, 2019
Caregiving, Play, Slowing Down, Talking with Young Children, Why RIE?

Several years ago, I was asked to write about RIE using the prompt “Begin as you wish to proceed” for […]

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