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Lisa Belkin

Lisa Belkin is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, where she writes frequently about family life and has a regular blog on nytimes.com called Motherlode: Adventures in Parenting.

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Betsy Brown Braun

Betsy Brown Braun is a child development and behavior specialist, parent educator, multiple birth parenting consultant and author of the best-seller, Just Tell Me What to Say: Sensible Tips and Scripts for Perplexed Parents.

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Foster Cline, MD

Dr. Foster Cline is an adult and child psychiatrist specializing in attachment and bonding in children, parenting and child management, and communication systems and patterns.

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Scott Cohen, MD, FAAP

Dr. Scott Cohen is a board-certified pediatrician who has created a new philosophy in pediatrics he calls Common Sense Parenting that focuses on educating patients and families on how to raise healthy children -- stress free.

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Ann Corwin, Ph.D.

Dr. Ann Corwin is known to many as “The Parenting Doctor” and has made it her life’s work to develop practical parenting programs for parents and children.

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Jay Gordon

In addition to treating patients, Dr. Gordon participates in the training of medical students and residents, lectures all over the world, writes books, and writes a monthly column for "Fit Pregnancy" magazine. He has contributed to "New York Parent," "Parenting" magazine and has been quoted in the L.A. Times, New York Times, and The London Times. Dr. Gordon is the author of several books on on children's health issues. His most recent release is The ADD and ADHD Cure, the Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child.

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Robert J. MacKenzie, Ed.D.

Dr. MacKenzie is a Family Therapist, Educational Psychologist, and nationally recognized Parent Educator and Staff Development Trainer with more than 25 years of experience helping parents and teachers solve children's learning and behavior problems.

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Cara Natterson, MD

Dr. Cara Natterson, a graduate of Harvard University and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, is a respected pediatrician and the author of "Dangerous or Safe? Which Foods, Medicines and Chemicals Really Put Your Kids at Risk (Oct 2009), "Your Newborn: Head to Toe", "Your Toddler: Head to Toe" - comprehensive medical resource guides for parents.

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Elizabeth Pantley

Elizabeth Pantley is a parent educator, best-selling author and president of Better Beginnings, Inc., a family resource and education company. Elizabeth frequently speaks to parents at schools, hospitals and parent groups around the world.

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Robert Sears, MD

Dr. Robert Sears is a board-certified pediatrician and a co-author in the Sears Parenting Library. “Dr. Bob”, as he likes to be called by his little patients, earned his medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1995.

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Lenore Skenazy

Lenore started her blog, www.freerangekids.com, to explain she believes in safety – but not that our kids need a security detail every time they leave the house. The blog lead to her book, also “Free-Range Kids,” which champions common sense parenting in these uncommonly overprotective times.

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Joanne Stern, Ph.D.

As a psychotherapist, Joanne Stern, Ph.D., has spent more than twenty years counseling families, parents, and teens. She specializes in relationships, drugs and alcohol, eating disorders, and grief and loss. She has taught courses in parenting and is a popular speaker on relationship issues. A mom for more than three decades (including five years as a single mom), she lives in Aspen, Colorado, with her husband, Terry Hale.

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Susan Stiffelman, MFT

Susan Stiffelman, MFT is a family therapist, educator and parenting coach based out of Malibu, CA. Her book, Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm and Connected is available at Amazon.com and bookstores everywhere. For more information please visit www.passionateparenting.net

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Bonnie Zucker, Psy.D.

Dr. Bonnie Zucker, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist with a background and expertise in psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults. Dr. Zucker specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adults and utilizes a cognitive-behavioral (CBT) approach.

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