Parenting Checklist for Raising Healthy Children

Dr. Rhea and early-learning play advocate, Tessa Baden, discuss the power of trusting and listening to your children’s interests and abilities to help nurture unstructured play and independence. Often times, the best way to steer your child toward exceptional overall health and academics is to let the child do the steering. Tessa Baden is a nature and play advocate who shares her personal transformation story to inspire reflection, connection and evolution in others.  She started her career at Camp C.A.M.P. and preschools. Tessa has spent 15 + years journeying through public and private spaces exploring opportunities to ensure adults trust and honor children’s learning to occur in its most authentic form.  She encourages others to name the challenges and fears they face in working with children and find peaceful ways to transform thinking and action. Her personal mission is to advocate peace for all children and those who guide them in all spaces, always. Tessa is the mother to 2 strong, clever, and compelling souls. Her favorite place to be is outside camping, walking, hiking, but especially playing with loose parts in her backyard! Resources mentioned in this episode: HighScope curriculum SOUL - Silent Observe Understand Listen Magda Gerber - RIE Method