Magda Gerber Video Library

Magda Gerber meets with parents at the Samuel Goldwyn Foundation Child Care Center in 1992. She presents her core parenting ideas and answers questions raised by the parents. The recording is an impromptu video made by one of the parents.

This film is one of a series documenting examples of infant care at the Demonstration Infant Program of the Children’s Health Council, Palo Alto, California.
Co-directors, Thomas Forrest, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University. Magda Gerber, Infant Specialist, Child Therapist.

Respect for infants is the basis of Magda Gerber’s philosophy and is shown in part by trusting them to learn on their own and not expecting them to do what they cannot. Sensitive observation with full attention and no preconceived ideas enables caregivers and parents to learn the baby’s signal early resulting in better communication with the child.

Recorded at the Demonstration Infant Program in Palo Alto, California, this video demonstrates how to selectively intervene with an infant.