Readings
Books
Dear Parent: Caring for infants with respect, by Magda Gerber
Your Self-Confident Baby: How to encourage your child's natural abilities-from the very start, by Magda Gerber and Allison Johnson
Respecting Babies: A New Look at Magda Gerber's RIE Approach,
by Ruth Anne hammond
Parenting from the Inside Out, by Daniel Siegel, M.D., and Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.
The Science of Parenting, by Margot Sunderland
Nuture Shock, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life: by Alison Gopnik
The Emotional Life of the Toddler : by Alicia F. Lieberman, PhD.
Articles and Media
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Struggle Happens - How the natural gross motor development of the infant benifits the growing child's relationship with struggle
Parenting Resources
RIE-Resouces for Infant Educarers organization.
RIE Associate Janet Lansbury’s most informative blog and website Elevating Childcare. Here you can follow my recent contributions on sleep - www.janetlansbury.com
Parenting Place - A Boulder organization devoted to strengthening families and fostering community.
I call it "The Village Fire" - www.boulderparenting.org
Birth, Bellies and Babies - A community of dedicated birth professionals - www.belliesbirthandbabies.com
Mindful Pediatrics, Dr Roy Steinbock MD www.mindfulpediatrics.com
Parenting Safe Children , Feather Berkower L.C.S.W.
The best and most important workshop I have ever attended.
"This workshop is a must for every parent. It will teach you, in a few hours, how to maximize your child's chances of never being a victim of unwanted touch. It is pure prevention."
~ River Cocco, Parent & Educator
