Maria Robinson

Enabling Environments: Well-being - Top security

Early years practitioners need to think about how children feel in the environment that we give them and how it affects their ability to learn and grow, says Maria Robinson.

Positive Relationships: Ask the expert … It's mine!

What are practitioners to make of it when the children in conflict over toys are siblings? Dr Maria Robinson shows how to look more closely.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Ask the expert … Why whine?

A whingeing child gains attention in a negative way. Dr Maria Robinson advises on how best to respond.

Positive relationships: Ask the expert … Good night?

Who or what should determine how much sleep an infant has? Dr Maria Robinson considers a sensitive point in practitioners dealing with parents.

Positive Relationships: Boys - Why gender matters

Practitioners need to rethink how they regard boys and girls, whether as equals or as naturally different, to support their learning, writes Maria Robinson.

Positive relationships: Ask the expert - Quick change

If nappy changing becomes just a mechanical task, says Dr Maria Robinson, both baby and carer lose out.

Positive relationships: Ask the expert … Battle of wills

How can a young child please both nursery workers and her parents? Dr Maria Robinson offers advice.

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Ask the expert … Comfort eating

Food is not just a fuel, but a factor in social relationships and personal attitudes, as Dr Maria Robinson finds in a typical case at nurseries.

Positive relationships: Ask the expert … Feeling torn

A key person juggling the conflicting demands of young children at different stages is offered reassuring advice by Dr Maria Robinson.