Parenting Expert Ron Taffel to Present Nurturing Good Children Now, Feb. 5

New York, NY, January 16, 2003—The Barnard Center for Toddler Development will host Parents Magazine columnist Dr. Ron Taffel, who will speak on Nurturing Good Children Now: 10 Basic Skills to Protect and Strengthen Your Child’s Core Self, a presentation based on his book of the same title. Taffel, a nationally known parenting expert who has been called the Dr. Spock of today by New Woman Magazine, will speak February 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the James Room of Barnard Hall (117th St. & Broadway).

The author of five books and more than 100 articles, Taffel has spent 25 years as a family psychologist. He holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from New York University and has conducted post-graduate work in family therapy, child development, and adult psychology. He is founder and director of the Family Therapy Division at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy in New York.

Taffel’s speech is the 12th Annual Lecture on Child Development in memory of Julia Howe Ward, 1987-1989 and is sponsored by the Barnard Center for Toddler Development. For more information, please contact Tovah Klein, Director of The Barnard Center for Toddler Development, at 323-854-5274.

Contact: Petra Tuomi, Barnard Public Affairs, 212-854-7907