RIE in Real Life…Vulnerability
Being a parent is full of uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure…ask anyone on the playground! (I’ve often said that judging […]
Read moreConfident Child. Confident Parent.
Being a parent is full of uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure…ask anyone on the playground! (I’ve often said that judging […]
Read moreAs always, I hope this message finds you well. You may have noticed that my weekly newsletter hasn’t hit your […]
Read moreFirst off, a hearty welcome to the newsletter to all the new subscribers! And a heartfelt thank you to Janet […]
Read moreI hope this week has treated you well, and if not, I hope you have treated yourself well. This week, […]
Read moreOver the past week, I’ve had a few new families come to join my classes (side note: I love the […]
Read moreA while ago, RIE asked its Associates (of whom there are now close to 70, and not just here in […]
Read moreMaybe it is because lately it seems like my life has suddenly sped up, filled up, and is forcing me […]
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 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 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 moreIf you have no compassion for yourself then you are not capable of developing compassion for others.-Dalai Lama Another beautiful, […]
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 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 moreKumiko Akiyama (Kumi) was my student for one year during the second portion of her training to become a RIE […]
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 moreSeveral years ago, I was asked to write about RIE using the prompt “Begin as you wish to proceed” for […]
Read moreFirst published in the Fall 2011 issue of Educaring, RIE’s quarterly newsletter. You can also find this piece in The […]
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