Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting

A modern parenting classic—a guide to a new and gentle way of understanding the care and nurture of infants, by the internationally renowned childcare expert, podcaster, and author of No Bad Kids and Baby Person

“An absolute go-to for all parents, therapists, anyone who works with, is, or knows parents of young children.”—Wendy Denham, PhD

A Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE) teacher and student of pioneering child specialist Magda Gerber, Janet Lansbury helps parents look at the world through the eyes of their infants and relate to them as whole people who have natural abilities to learn without being taught. Once we are able to view our children in this light, even the most common daily parenting experiences become stimulating opportunities to learn, discover, and connect with our child.

A collection of the most-read articles from Janet’s popular and long-running blog, Elevating Child Care focuses on common infant issues, including:

• Nourishing our babies’ healthy eating habits
• Calming your clingy, fearful child
• How to build your child’s focus and attention span
• Developing routines that promote restful sleep

Eschewing the quick-fix tips and tricks of popular parenting culture, Lansbury’s gentle, insightful guidance lays the foundation for a closer, more fulfilling parent-child relationship, and children who grow up to be authentic, confident, successful adults.

Janet Lansbury is unique among parenting experts. As a Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE) teacher and student of pioneering child specialist Magda Gerber, her advice is not based solely on formal studies and the research of others, but also on her twenty years of hands-on experience guiding hundreds of parents and their toddlers. The host of the #1 parenting podcast, Unruffled, and the author of two classic childcare books, No Bad Kids and Elevating Child Care, she lives with her husband and three children in Los Angeles, California.