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I’d like to start with some well-wishes: I’m sending gratitude and respect to all of my families with veterans, past […]
Read moreConfident Child. Confident Parent.
I’d like to start with some well-wishes: I’m sending gratitude and respect to all of my families with veterans, past […]
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 moreI want to first stop and acknowledge the atrocities that are happening in Israel right now. My heart goes out […]
Read moreI remember when my friend and colleague, Janet Lansbury, started writing her blog many, many years ago. I was still […]
Read moreThis week, I’m thinking about paradoxes because, truth be told, RIE has a not a few of them…I’m not sure […]
Read moreI came across RIE’s Vision Statement earlier this week, and even though I’ve been teaching RIE for over decade and […]
Read moreAnd you’ll know you’re definitely a weird parent if, like me, you look forward to the day when “weird” is […]
Read moreI’ve been practicing RIE for over twenty years now, so I shouldn’t be surprised anymore, but it still gets me […]
Read moreAugust 11th already? Time is truly flying! My nieces start school next week (kinder and 6th!), and my nephews started […]
Read moreYou know a website I really love? It’s called A Mighty Girl, and while it is billed as ‘the world’s […]
Read moreTrust. There are 7 basic principles of RIE. There’s no particular order or hierarchy to them, and they are all […]
Read moreAs I mentioned in my very first Thread (yes, I joined. No, I have no idea what I’m doing, but […]
Read moreWords are important in the RIE Approach. On so many levels. From speaking respectfully to children, to telling them what […]
Read moreCare Trust Boundaries Balance Partnership Real Relationships I woke up early the other morning and I (engaged in the downright […]
Read moreIn a piece I sent out several weeks ago, I talked about the building blocks of RIE: respect and authenticity. […]
Read moreI hope this message finds you well on this gorgeous Spring day. And to my families who observe, I wish […]
Read moreMy first thought was what a gift to say the cover quote to a child…and to really feel that for […]
Read moreNature. Nurture. Narration. I came across that simple alliteration a while ago and it resonated…You can spot a RIE parent […]
Read moreBehaving Requires Thinking This was the subject line of an email I got this morning and I took it as […]
Read moreI don’t have an in-depth RIE in Real Life story this week because, despite my best intentions, I still really […]
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 moreWhat a difference a week makes. From triple digits last week to almost Fall-like weather this (with some rain thrown […]
Read moreFirst off, a hearty welcome to the newsletter to all the new subscribers! And a heartfelt thank you to Janet […]
Read moreSnack is still on my mind this week because of the sweetest moment I had with one of my RIE […]
Read moreI knew I had to write about this week’s story the moment it happened. It was so beautiful that I […]
Read moreOver the past week, I’ve had a few new families come to join my classes (side note: I love the […]
Read moreIt seems I’ve outgrown my old method of sending emails out and it’s time to try something new. With my […]
Read moreI had my RIE win all planned out for this week…I planned to write about the gratitude I have for […]
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 moreTaking care of difficult feelings. That was the title of the chapter we discussed last week in the Raising Good […]
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 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 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 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 moreWay back when life was, well the way it was before the way it has been for the last 5 […]
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 moreSeveral years ago, I was asked to write about RIE using the prompt “Begin as you wish to proceed” for […]
Read moreRIE classes are a little different than your typical mommy and me class, there’s little you have to do, but […]
Read moreFirst published in the Fall 2011 issue of Educaring, RIE’s quarterly newsletter. You can also find this piece in The […]
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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