by Susan Johnson M.D. Source: http://www.waldorflibrary.org/articles/613-the-importance-of-warmth     As a paediatrician, I actually was taught that you could tell if children were warm enough by touching their skin. If they felt warm then they were wearing enough clothes, and if they felt cool or their skin was mottled (bluish-pink), then they needed more clothes. It...

Written by Joan Almon and Edward Miller Date published: Unknown Contact details: Contact tab available on Waldorf library site A Research-Based Case for More Play and Less Pressure, Alliance for Childhood, November 2011   While early formal instruction may appear to show good test results at first, in the long term,in follow-up studies, such children have had no advantage....

Written by  Esther Boylan Wolfson Source: http://www.wholefamily.com/parent-center/child-development/that-which-is-asleep-will-awaken-rudolph-steiner-on-babies Date: August 2014   Do you feel that in today’s world, children are being pushed to develop quickly and not enough time is spent on enjoying the moment and allowing children to progress at their own pace? Are...

Author: Susan R. Johnson, M.D., F.A.A.P Contact details: (916) 638–8758 www.youandyourchildshealth.org Source:http://www.youandyourchildshealth.org/youandyourchildshealth/articles/teaching%20our%20children.html   A Developmental Approach Looking at the Relationship of Children’s Foundational Neurological Pathways to their Higher Capacities for Learning The Development...

By Susan R. Johnson MD, FAAP, 1/20/03 Source:http://www.youandyourchildshealth.org/youandyourchildshealth/articles/teaching%20academics.html I am responding to the front page article in The Sacramento Bee from December 12, 2002 entitled Preschool push: The learning curve may begin soon after diapers I am a single mother of a 9 year-old son and a behavioral and developmental pediatrician....

Contact:  (02) 6639 9300 Date: Unknown Author: Unknown Source: http://capebyronsteiner.nsw.edu.au/education/early-childhood/   “True observation of man sees in the growing human being a work of divine creation.” – Rudolf Steiner, A Modern Art of Education, 1923 Rudolf Steiner gave indications for the care and education of the young child according to the needs of the...

By Joan Almon   What is Resilience?   Resiliency reminds me of the pop-up doll I had as a child. It was egg-shaped, full of air, and had a rounded bottom that was weighted. It was as large as I was. I could push it over and it would always pop back up again. I loved that doll and the message it conveyed: when life knocks you down, get back up again.   But the full experience...

by Christof Wiechert *This article has been edited.   How does an individual cope with traumatic or otherwise shattering events in his or her life? This question is just as valid for children as for adults. The research into resilience deals with the overcoming and processing of ‘insurmountable’ experiences, and the mental power of resistance – the ability to spring back,...

Date published: August 17, 2009 Author: Carrie Contact details: Option available to leave a reply on the article Source: http://theparentingpassageway.com/2009/08/17/raising-peaceful-children/   This is probably the most important thing one can think about in this world – raising a child that will become an adult who is peaceful, who can be peaceful in the midst of whatever...

Author: Susan R. Johnson, M.D., F.A.A.P Contact details: (916) 638–8758 www.youandyourchildshealth.org Source:http://www.youandyourchildshealth.org/youandyourchildshealth/articles/parenting%20a%20young%20child.html   As a pediatrician with subspecialty training in child behavior and development, I thought I knew everything there was to know about children and being a parent....