RIE in Real Life
It was another one of those Fridays where I had so many ideas bumping around in my head that I […]
Read moreConfident Child. Confident Parent.
It was another one of those Fridays where I had so many ideas bumping around in my head that I […]
Read moreHappy New Year! This is the first RIE in Real Life of 2023, and I haven’t seen a baby or […]
Read moreA year ago, I barely knew what a webinar was. This week, I hosted one. What a long, strange year […]
Read moreThis week’s RIE win comes from my Mom. A child advocate, educator, and administrator; her passion is all things early […]
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 moreIn late January I listened to an excellent webinar, put on by Minding the Baby called The Relational Foundations of […]
Read moreMy mind is still on the events of Wednesday. Scrolling through Instagram this morning, I found a really excellent post […]
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 moreLast night’s all too brief webinar with Dan Siegel was a really excellent cliff’s note version of the book, The […]
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 moreOkay, so I’ve been teasing it for a while now, and here it is: my synopsis and review of The […]
Read moreToday, I finally want to share a little about the marvelous book, Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to […]
Read moreI’m hoping this message finds you well, but I wonder if you, like me, and like some of the parents […]
Read moreWhat follows isn’t what I set out to write about today. A few days ago someone posted a screencapture of […]
Read moreMy health insurance provider gifted me a yearlong subscription to a meditation app. My new yoga app offered a deep […]
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 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 […]
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