Respecting infants allows their own respect and empathy to grow as they internalize ways of interacting with the world.

Respect is the foundation of the RIE Approach, but what does that really mean?

Before Baby is a down-to-earth, realistic class designed to offer concrete and sensible guidance to prepare for the everyday encounters of this relationship.

While the concepts of "equality" and "equity" are both principles foundational to conversations about fairness and justice, they have distinctly different meanings.

By prioritizing self-care and seeking support when needed, you are modeling for your children that care is a universal need that should be both given and received.

Anna Ruth shares a few principles to help new parents welcome their newborn with even more love and respect.

Stability requires micro-movements, finding and re-finding equal distribution of weight, so there is an ease - a quality of effortlessness.

Free motor development – also known as self-initiated or natural motor development – refers to the practice of allowing infants to progress through the stages of motor development (meaning turning, rolling, crawling, sitting, standing, and walking) in the universal, sequential schema.

The ideas I had been studying at the Pikler House were so fundamental and important that I knew they would need to form the foundation of my work going forward.

As important as it is to educate parents and professionals to respect the natural competencies of infants, it is equally necessary to educate them on the conditions essential for healthy motor development to unfold. Natural development requires an appropriate physical and emotional environment.

But even small gestures of compromise to give infants a space of their own can make a big difference. And even the smallest studio apartment has a way to make a dedicated play space for a child. Watch this space for more information and examples!