As both a mom and a Clinical Psychologist with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, 
Dr. Laura Markham translates proven science into the practical solutions you need for the family life you want.
Her relationship-based parenting model has helped thousands of families across the U.S. and Canada find compassionate, common-sense solutions to everything from separation anxiety and sleep problems to sass talk and cell phones.
In private practice, and as a speaker and workshop leader, Dr. Markham enjoys connecting face-to-face with parents to help them transform their relationships with their children, regardless of age.
Dr. Markham not in your area soon? Dial in to one of her Take Your Parenting from Good to Great Teleseminar calls. Go ahead and ask your toughest parenting questions. You'll come away inspired, with real-life solutions and practical tips to your biggest parenting challenges.
Dr. Markham also offers limited one on one coaching, both in person and via telephone or skype; please email to see if she has any openings.
Feeling some urgency to get your question about your child answered? Dr. Markham personally answers questions for a minimal fee, giving you a quick, thorough, personal response from an experienced, compassionate expert. You even get to check out her answers to other parents first, so you can decide if it's a good fit! For more info on submitting your question, click here.
Dr. Markham's internet Radio Show, Secrets of Happy Parents airs live on Wednesdays at MyExpertSolution.com.
The founding editor of AhaParenting.com, Dr. Markham also serves as parenting expert for Pregnancy.org, on which she hosts regular free online chats, as well as Mothering.com, Storknet.com, Wellness.com, ParentingBookmark.com, and HipSlopeMama.com.
She makes frequent TV and radio appearances and has written hundreds of articles published on over a dozen websites, including SheKnows.com, KeepKidsHealthy.com, HealthyWealthyWise.com, MomsWhoThink.com, CanadianParents.ca, and ToddlersToday.com.
Dr. Markham is the author of an upcoming Q&A e-book series, Ask Dr. Markham, which will have editions for all ages from birth to teens, and of the soon-to-be-released, The Secret Life of Happy Moms, which lays out her relationship-based approach to raising kids who turn out great. You can order her ebook of Daily Parenting Inspirations for immediate download here.
She lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, 13 year-old daughter, and 17 year-old son.
"In my view, parents today are heroes, simply by getting up each morning determined to do their best for their children..."
"I help parents transform their relationships with their children, drawing on my Psychology Ph.D., the latest scientific research, my spiritual insights, and my mom-in-the-trenches experience."
"My mission in life is to transform parenting in western culture from control to loving relationships, so that children are better parented and grow up to be compassionate, responsible, well-adjusted human beings who will make the world a better place."
Why does parenting matter? Ultimately, whether things change for the better in our world will depend on the quality of the human beings we are creating, every day, in our families.
Everything – even, perhaps, whether our planet survives – depends on how we shape the next generation or two of human beings. In a very real way, the future of the world rests on the shoulders of parents.
