The Nurtured Child

06/03/2026

Yesterday morning, I stumbled upon in unveiling truly stunning benches, conceived and created by local PS students! Check them out in local NYC parks over the summer! Thank you for increasing the number of places we have to rest and think ✨✨

05/13/2026

New substack post! Thanks for helping get the word out about our publication!

We didn’t post anything for Mother’s Day this year.

04/30/2026

A reminder to check out our Substack publication! ✨

Nurtured Child is a Substack inspired by Dr. Emmi Pikler and Magda Ge**er (RIE). Our mission is to be a trusted resource for those seeking deeper, more intentional ways to nurture their children and themselves. Click to read Nurtured Child, by The Nurtured Child Team, a Substack publication with hun...

04/28/2026

Today is RIE's Day of Giving.

The goal is simple and powerful: 100 Voices for Respect. One hundred people making a gift of any size to say that respectful infant care matters to them. To say that this work should exist in the world.
Each of our tax-deductible donations to RIE (a 501(c)(3)) is one more voice added to a chorus. Every contribution, at any level, moves us closer to Magda Ge**er’s vision of a more respectful, more comfortable world for everyone

Help me fundraise for RIE!I'm raising funds to support one of my favorite nonprofits, RIE.RIE

02/02/2026

Anna Ruth here 👋🏽

A snowstorm in my childhood home, unshoveled sidewalks, and a lost Wordle streak shouldn’t be connected-and yet here we are…

Our most recent essay is live on Substack now ✨✨

01/27/2026

Leith reminding us of the qualities of true presence ❤️

01/11/2026

“A child playing is engaged in the deep human work of exploring that there are many ways to be in this moment. Many ways to interpret what happened. Many ways to feel about it. Many ways to live”

Left to their own devices, children are shockingly good at perspective taking.

01/09/2026

Attention anyone who resides in NY State: if you’re interested in free, high-quality childcare for all, please use this super simple form to email your legislator!

Fill out this form to send an email to your State Legislators and Governor Hochul asking them to fund free, universal child care by taxing the rich. The content of the email that will be sent is as follows:

12/31/2025

✨Happy New Year✨

Tonight the year turns over

12/16/2025

Anna Ruth here 👋🏽

When we fill every moment with language, we can accidentally crowd the infant out of the interaction.

Try leaving little pockets of quiet.

Give space for them to speak with their body, breath, gaze, movement.

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