RIE Parenting Bliss (A Transient Glimpse)

This two-minute video gem (uncovered by my clever husband Mike) illustrates the moment benefits of unbiased play (a cornerstone of RIE parenting) a lot better than any of the thirty or so articles I’ve posted on the subject.  I’m humbled and thrilled to share this slice of parenting heaven. It’s reminiscent of scenes I usually witnessed with my very personal children as soon as they’d been small.

RIE Bred from Michael Caulder on Vimeo.

Michael Caulder, the dad who made this video and allowed me to share it, writes:

“The simplest reward we gave ourselves and our kids was committing to RIE and Waldorf. Who’s conscious of if we’ll be succesful to afford Waldorf for the prolonged haul, nevertheless RIE guidelines we’re capable of observe endlessly.”

“…kids are allowed to make up their very personal video video games with their very personal pointers and reverse to what you’d depend on, these video video games are usually pretty peaceful.

I on a regular basis thought that kids had been these beasts you tried to incorporate, significantly with a lot of boys. Nonetheless normally, with RIE and Waldorf (and enough sleep) they’ll preserve points on their very personal. In reality, anyone RIE or in some other case will inform you truly that upon getting a 3 12 months earlier, the peaceful demeanor takes many holidays all by the day; nevertheless the magnificence is that they on a regular basis seem to hunt out their method once more to a extraordinarily peaceful base.“

Thanks, Michael!