Magda Gerber

I wish children could grow according to their natural pace: sleep when sleepy, wake up when rested, eat when hungry, cry when…

— Magda Gerber

Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write and count. It is a small window of…

— Magda Gerber

An infant always learns. The less we interfere with the natural process of learning, the more we can observe how much infants…

— Magda Gerber

By closely supervising our infants, by allowing them to do what they are capable of, by restraining ourselves from rescuing them too…

— Magda Gerber

What infants need is the opportunity and time to take in and figure out the world around them.

— Magda Gerber

All children accomplish milestones in their own way, in their own time.

— Magda Gerber

Every baby moves with more ease and efficiency if allowed to do it at his own time and in his own way,…

— Magda Gerber

When you approach your baby with an attitude of respect, you let him know what you intend to do and give him…

— Magda Gerber

When you hold an infant, hold him not just with your body, but with your mind and heart.

— Magda Gerber

Much harm has been done in the name of love, but no harm can be done in the name of respect.

— Magda Gerber

Remember, nobody can make another person fall asleep. How to relax and let sleep come is a skill your child, like everybody…

— Magda Gerber

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

— Magda Gerber

“If one were to list all the cruelties and maltreatments, both physical and emotional, that parents and adults inflict on children under…

— Magda Gerber

We not only respect babies, we demonstrate our respect every time we interact with them. Respecting a child means treating even the…

— Magda Gerber

Allow the child to be authentic, to move, to feel the way they move, appreciating them for what they are.

— Magda Gerber

I have spent my adult life trying to figure out why parents and society put themselves into a race -- what's the…

— Magda Gerber

RIE emphasizes the benefits of infants spending peaceful, uninterrupted time following their biological rhythms of falling asleep when sleepy and eating when…

— Magda Gerber

Do less; observe more; enjoy most.

— Magda Gerber

If infants are ready to do something, they will do it. In fact, when they are ready, they have to do it.

— Magda Gerber

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

— Magda Gerber

Educarers demonstrate love by showing and teaching respect.

— Magda Gerber

Focus on quality and ease of movement, not on the age a milestone is accomplished.

— Magda Gerber

As I say so often, “Observe and wait.” Sometimes you may even find out that what you believed the infant wanted was…

— Magda Gerber

The way we care for our babies is how they experience our love.

— Magda Gerber

What parents teach is themselves, as models of what is human - by their moods, their reactions, their facial expressions and actions.…

— Magda Gerber