Top 25 Quotes by Magda Gerber of 35 - Page 2

Remember, nobody can make another person fall asleep. How to relax and let sleep come is a skill your child, like everybody else, must learn all by herself.

Remember, nobody can make another person fall asleep. How to relax and let sleep come is a skill your child, like everybody else, must learn all by herself.

Magda Gerber

Children, Fall, Sleep

Magda Gerber (1998). “Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect”

Observe more, do less. Do less, enjoy more.

Magda Gerber

Enjoy

The more we do, the busier we are, the less we really pay attention.

Magda Gerber

Attention, Pay, Pay Attention

Magda Gerber (1998). “Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect”

A positive goal to strive for when disciplining would be to raise children we not only love, but in whose company we love being.

Magda Gerber

Children, Love Is, Goal

Magda Gerber (1998). “Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect”

Children do not play because they learn; They play because they play.

Magda Gerber

Children, Play

Children raised with respect and inner direction tend to play well in groups, at times quite peacefully, each involved in her own project or involved with the other chidren.

Magda Gerber

Children, Play, Groups

RIE emphasizes the benefits of infants spending peaceful, uninterrupted time following their biological rhythms of falling asleep when sleepy and eating when hungry, rather than their having to adjust too soon to external schedules and unrealistic expectations. First, we have to let the child develop his own rhythm; and then later he can adjust more into adult life.

Magda Gerber

Children, Fall, Expectations

Set aside predictable, regular times to give full attention without being distracted by other concerns while also creating a safe, familiar place for baby to spend time playing alone.

Magda Gerber

Baby, Creating, Giving