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Laura Markham Ph.D.

About

Laura Markham, Ph.D., is the editor of Ahaparenting.com, the website of Aha! moments for parents of babies through teens, and the author of the book Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting and Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How To Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University and has worked as a parenting coach with thousands of parents across the English-speaking world, both in person and via phone. Her daily and weekly newsletters reach an audience of more than 100,000 parents. Dr. Laura serves as an expert for Mothering.com, Pregnancy.com, and several other web sites. She has appeared on the Joy Behar Show, the Fox Morning Show, hundreds of radio shows, and has been quoted in thousands of parenting magazines and website interviews. Her speaking appearances range from morning coffee at preschools to keynotes at psychology conferences. The mother of two young adults, Dr. Laura says it was becoming a mom that convinced her that parents “are doing the hardest job there is, without effective tools and information.” Her aspiration, she says, is to change the world by supporting parents, one family at a time.

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Recent Posts
When Your Child Is Worried About School Re-Opening

What our children need most from us when they're feeling big emotions is just our calm, warm presence, which helps them feel safe to explore the feeling.

What our children need most from us when they're feeling big emotions is just our calm, warm presence, which helps them feel safe to explore the feeling.

Remote Learning: 6 Tips to Engage and Motivate Your Child

As you put the energy in to help your child develop good work habits, they realize more and more success, so they're more motivated and self-regulating in their schoolwork.

As you put the energy in to help your child develop good work habits, they realize more and more success, so they're more motivated and self-regulating in their schoolwork.

Remote Learning: 6 Tips to Engage and Motivate Your Child

Research suggests ways that parents can engage and motivate children in learning, even when kids are in remote school.

Research suggests ways that parents can engage and motivate children in learning, even when kids are in remote school.

7 Steps to Set Limits With Empathy for Teens and Preteens

This approach makes our children better people. It makes us better people. And it creates a home with a lot less drama—and a lot more love.

This approach makes our children better people. It makes us better people. And it creates a home with a lot less drama—and a lot more love.

How to Structure Special Time With Your Child

What's so special about special time? It transforms our relationship with our child. And since that relationship is 90% of our parenting, you can't get more special than that.

What's so special about special time? It transforms our relationship with our child. And since that relationship is 90% of our parenting, you can't get more special than that.

What's Special About Special Time

Just show up and give your child the tremendous gift of being seen and acknowledged.

Just show up and give your child the tremendous gift of being seen and acknowledged.

What's So Special About 'Special Time'?

Special time is the antidote for parents and children, an essential nutrient that heals the upsets and disconnections of daily modern life.

Special time is the antidote for parents and children, an essential nutrient that heals the upsets and disconnections of daily modern life.