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Articles

Daily News : Creating a class of their own
More California parents now choose to home-school their children
By Lisa M. Sodders

Child Magazine: "The Hottest Trends in Infant Programs"
Discover a new parenting approach that's all about slowing down and enjoying your baby.
By Gail O'Connor



Books

Dear Parent: Caring for Infants With Respect
by Magda Gerber, Joan Weaver (Editor)

Your Self-Confident Baby: How to Encourage Your Child's Natural Abilities from the Very Start
by Magda Gerber, Allison Johnson



Links and Resources

RIE (http://www.rie.org/)
RIE is a non-profit organization that has developed and is teaching a unique philosophy and methodology in working with infants. The RIE approach, based on Respect, helps raise authentic infants who are: competent, confident, curious, attentive, exploring, cooperative, secure, peaceful, focused, self-initiating, resourceful, involved, cheerful, aware, interested and inner-directed.

CHEC :: Children's Health Environmental Coalition
CHEC is a national non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public, specifically parents and caregivers, about environmental toxins that affect children's health.

http://www.lachildhood.org/
A caring community of parents and professionals dedicated to provide easy access to natural approaches and services through resource and referral services, speakers’ bureau, gather the moms action program, parent-to-parent support, and family voices newsletter.

http://www.californiahomeschool.net/
California Homeschool Network is a statewide grassroots organization dedicated to protecting the fundamental right of parents to educate their children. Our website provides information about CHN, current state and federal legislation affecting homeschooling families, and how to get started educating your children at home.

http://www.informedfamilylife.org/
Dedicated to strengthening family and community life by helping parents become informed and make conscious choices concerning birth, parenting, early childhood, alternatives in education, authenticity in relationships,…