Predictability brings about security.

Infancy is a vulnerable stage of development, therefore, it's not enough that babies receive good care, the care must be excellent.

As I say so often, “Observe and wait.” Sometimes you may even find out that what you believed the infant wanted was only your assumption. It is natural to make mistakes and easy to misunderstand pre-verbal children. Nevertheless, it is important to keep trying

Let the child be the scriptwriter, the director and the actor in his own play.

What infants need is the opportunity and time to take in and figure out the world around them.

I have spent my adult life trying to figure out why parents and society put themselves into a race -- what's the hurry? I keep trying to convey the pleasure every parent and teacher could feel while observing, appreciating and enjoying what the infant is doing. This attitude would change our educational climate from worry to joy.

The more we do, the busier we are, the less we really pay attention.