--- product_id: 21008636 title: "Baby Knows Best: Raising a Confident and Resourceful Child, the RIE™ Way" price: "72.78 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/21008636-baby-knows-best-raising-a-confident-and-resourceful-child-rie store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Baby Knows Best: Raising a Confident and Resourceful Child, the RIE™ Way **Price:** 72.78 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Baby Knows Best: Raising a Confident and Resourceful Child, the RIE™ Way - **How much does it cost?** 72.78 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/21008636-baby-knows-best-raising-a-confident-and-resourceful-child-rie) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Raise self-confident, self-reliant children using the RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) Approach. Your baby knows more than you think. That's the heart of the principles and teachings of Magda Gerber, founder of RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers), and Educaring. Baby Knows Best is based on Gerber's belief in babies' natural abilities to develop at their own pace, without coaxing from helicoptering or hovering parents. The Educaring Approach helps parents see their infants as competent people with a growing ability to communicate, problem-solve, and self-soothe. Baby Knows Best is a comprehensive resource that shows parents how to respond to their babies' cues and signals; how to develop healthy sleep habits; why babies need uninterrupted playtime; and how to set clear, consistent limits. The result? More relaxed parents and more confident, self-reliant children. Review: PLEASE read this book - I love this book and have used it as my main parenting style influence for over two years, and although you should read all of it and absorb what you think is important, I'll say the biggest thing for me: *You don't have to entertain your child* (so relieving! no need for performance and constant smiles--sometimes it's focus time instead). In fact, it's healthier for them to *practice entertaining themselves*. Not by watching screens or blinky loud toys (or even sometimes-expensive Montessori style activities--gravity is free and tissue boxes/milk jugs/kitchen pots/scarves, socks, and hats are probably already in your house) but with experiencing and interacting with the world around them (and, eventually, imagination and engineering behaviors applied in that world). They *can* learn to maintain a long attention span and gain skills and cause-effect understanding if you *don't interrupt them* to show them how to play, but rather watch quietly until *they look at you to engage you*. And even then, it's not *teaching* them how to do things *right* so much as reflecting back with spoken language what they've done or are feeling ("it makes a noise", "you rolled the ball", "it fell down", "you're upset") or perhaps what you've unobtrusively observed them trying to do as in "you're stacking the blocks" (once again, when *they ask* for input by moving their attention onto you--how frustrating is it to try to do a puzzle and have someone interrupt you, or worse: finish your activity for you?) The other big one for me was the verbage around praising them not for doing something well (they won't at the beginning, sometimes not for a while lol) but for trying in the first place. "You can do it" with calm confidence, then "you did it! you stacked the books" or "thank you! You helped me put it away" rather than "good job" or "you're so smart/cute/strong/etc." I've found that my child is learning skills (now as a toddler) on how to manage the stress of a task going wrong--but the language we use around it helps her to want to try again, whether with the same strategy or a different one, instead of "I'm not strong/smart enough for this" or "I didn't do a good job". As examples we use "it's tough/you're upset" a lot to acknowledge how she's feeling, and then we move on to letting her lead in problem-solving when she asks for help. "it keeps falling" "you're frustrated" "how can you try a different way" "let's make this pile in the bowl/on the table instead of on the pillow" "look! You did it! You stacked the cups" This also works *wonders* when she gets hurt (obviously not huge injuries but most other stuff). We 1) acknowledge feelings and 2) process how the injury happened and by the time we're done with those two things she's usually done crying. She's been engaged in answering diagnosis questions and understanding how she got here and by then the pain is only minor. I find that both the letting them lead their own play/focus time (and only joining when you're invited) and changing the language to be very focused on understanding both present feelings and circumstances and the last few steps of how we got here have built a well of resiliency for my child to draw on when she has new situations to adapt to. If you stick with it *they* will start to tell *you* what's going on, and then how what they did brought them to where they are, and that's a supremely critical skill for being a responsible adult--understanding how *you* make *your own consequences*. There's other good stuff in this book! Those are just my two big takeaways over the lifetime of my child. I loved the focus on giving them agency to move (not stuck in a swing) and play in a safe space where there isn't a "no don't touch that" waiting for them around the corner. The sleep training/when to soothe or let them self-soothe stuff was so critical for us many months ago. The line of jurisdiction on food and eating (parents control what's offered, baby controls what's consumed, etc.) was also helpful for me to reduce stress around how much she took in (and she was medically a really small baby, so it was always on our minds). Overall, so much wisdom that has worked so well in our household to build a foundation with. I highly recommend, reread when I need a refresher, and have several copies to give to others when they are expecting. I do prefer the hardback for my personal copy but give away paperbacks because they're less expensive, and you can take notes easier in them. 10/10 Review: Nice theory, delivered in annoyingly dogmatic tone. - While I intuitively agree with the RIE philosophy for the most part, this book started to annoy me: The author is the president of Magda Gerber's fan club and it's all "Magda says." I'm sure Magda was an insightful and intelligent person but not every drop of her wisdom will be right for your child. If you feel you need a "how-to" manual for parenting (which this aspires to be) then maybe you really need the kind of intuition and confidence that no book can give you. Take this book with a good grain of salt, trust your instincts, and enjoy your baby! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #345,625 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #281 in School-Age Children Parenting #437 in Baby & Toddler Parenting #477 in Fatherhood (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 232 Reviews | ## Images ![Baby Knows Best: Raising a Confident and Resourceful Child, the RIE™ Way - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710hT67O6EL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ PLEASE read this book *by G***S on March 2, 2024* I love this book and have used it as my main parenting style influence for over two years, and although you should read all of it and absorb what you think is important, I'll say the biggest thing for me: *You don't have to entertain your child* (so relieving! no need for performance and constant smiles--sometimes it's focus time instead). In fact, it's healthier for them to *practice entertaining themselves*. Not by watching screens or blinky loud toys (or even sometimes-expensive Montessori style activities--gravity is free and tissue boxes/milk jugs/kitchen pots/scarves, socks, and hats are probably already in your house) but with experiencing and interacting with the world around them (and, eventually, imagination and engineering behaviors applied in that world). They *can* learn to maintain a long attention span and gain skills and cause-effect understanding if you *don't interrupt them* to show them how to play, but rather watch quietly until *they look at you to engage you*. And even then, it's not *teaching* them how to do things *right* so much as reflecting back with spoken language what they've done or are feeling ("it makes a noise", "you rolled the ball", "it fell down", "you're upset") or perhaps what you've unobtrusively observed them trying to do as in "you're stacking the blocks" (once again, when *they ask* for input by moving their attention onto you--how frustrating is it to try to do a puzzle and have someone interrupt you, or worse: finish your activity for you?) The other big one for me was the verbage around praising them not for doing something well (they won't at the beginning, sometimes not for a while lol) but for trying in the first place. "You can do it" with calm confidence, then "you did it! you stacked the books" or "thank you! You helped me put it away" rather than "good job" or "you're so smart/cute/strong/etc." I've found that my child is learning skills (now as a toddler) on how to manage the stress of a task going wrong--but the language we use around it helps her to want to try again, whether with the same strategy or a different one, instead of "I'm not strong/smart enough for this" or "I didn't do a good job". As examples we use "it's tough/you're upset" a lot to acknowledge how she's feeling, and then we move on to letting her lead in problem-solving when she asks for help. "it keeps falling" "you're frustrated" "how can you try a different way" "let's make this pile in the bowl/on the table instead of on the pillow" "look! You did it! You stacked the cups" This also works *wonders* when she gets hurt (obviously not huge injuries but most other stuff). We 1) acknowledge feelings and 2) process how the injury happened and by the time we're done with those two things she's usually done crying. She's been engaged in answering diagnosis questions and understanding how she got here and by then the pain is only minor. I find that both the letting them lead their own play/focus time (and only joining when you're invited) and changing the language to be very focused on understanding both present feelings and circumstances and the last few steps of how we got here have built a well of resiliency for my child to draw on when she has new situations to adapt to. If you stick with it *they* will start to tell *you* what's going on, and then how what they did brought them to where they are, and that's a supremely critical skill for being a responsible adult--understanding how *you* make *your own consequences*. There's other good stuff in this book! Those are just my two big takeaways over the lifetime of my child. I loved the focus on giving them agency to move (not stuck in a swing) and play in a safe space where there isn't a "no don't touch that" waiting for them around the corner. The sleep training/when to soothe or let them self-soothe stuff was so critical for us many months ago. The line of jurisdiction on food and eating (parents control what's offered, baby controls what's consumed, etc.) was also helpful for me to reduce stress around how much she took in (and she was medically a really small baby, so it was always on our minds). Overall, so much wisdom that has worked so well in our household to build a foundation with. I highly recommend, reread when I need a refresher, and have several copies to give to others when they are expecting. I do prefer the hardback for my personal copy but give away paperbacks because they're less expensive, and you can take notes easier in them. 10/10 ### ⭐⭐⭐ Nice theory, delivered in annoyingly dogmatic tone. *by M***G on March 27, 2014* While I intuitively agree with the RIE philosophy for the most part, this book started to annoy me: The author is the president of Magda Gerber's fan club and it's all "Magda says." I'm sure Magda was an insightful and intelligent person but not every drop of her wisdom will be right for your child. If you feel you need a "how-to" manual for parenting (which this aspires to be) then maybe you really need the kind of intuition and confidence that no book can give you. Take this book with a good grain of salt, trust your instincts, and enjoy your baby! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The book is a pretty good general overview if you don't take it as ... *by A***I on February 9, 2016* As with all things, I'll apply a balanced and nonextreme approach. I don't dive in fully into the RIE approach because babies are so complex that it's on a case by case basis, but I appreciate and agree with a lot of the concepts. The book is a pretty good general overview if you don't take it as a baby bible and apply and tweak what works for you and your child. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/21008636-baby-knows-best-raising-a-confident-and-resourceful-child-rie](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/21008636-baby-knows-best-raising-a-confident-and-resourceful-child-rie) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-08-20*