Getting to Cooperation
Words are important in the RIE Approach. On so many levels. From speaking respectfully to children, to telling them what […]
Read moreConfident Child. Confident Parent.
Words are important in the RIE Approach. On so many levels. From speaking respectfully to children, to telling them what […]
Read moreMaybe it is because lately it seems like my life has suddenly sped up, filled up, and is forcing me […]
Read moreToday, I found myself in a small park with a playground. And a LOT of people. By a lot, I […]
Read moreIn late January I listened to an excellent webinar, put on by Minding the Baby called The Relational Foundations 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 moreEarlier this week, I watched a video entitled Parenting in a Pandemic with Britta Bushnell, a birth educator many 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 moreIf you have no compassion for yourself then you are not capable of developing compassion for others.-Dalai Lama Another beautiful, […]
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 moreResilience. That’s my word of the week. I know, I know…I said “joy” was, but as it turns out, resilience […]
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 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 moreSo, I have to say, I feel that the main idea behind this webinar was to give you strategies 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 moreThis has been a hard week for me, and from the emails and texts I’ve gotten, I think it’s getting […]
Read moreSeveral years ago, I was asked to write about RIE using the prompt “Begin as you wish to proceed” for […]
Read more(My earliest professional work with children took place in a child care center, working with infants and toddlers. Part of […]
Read more(My earliest professional work with children took place in a child care center, working with infants and toddlers. Part of […]
Read more(My earliest professional work with children took place in a child care center, working with infants and toddlers. Part of […]
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