"My goal: Less guilt, more common sense  --  whether we're talking baby care, child care, senior care, or self care."
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About Paula Spencer: I'm the author of Momfidence! and collaborator on 9 other books about family and health; a longtime Woman's Day columnist; a senior editor of Caring.com; a contributing editor to Parenting; and a public speaker and consultant on family matters. A mother of four, I live momfidently (on good days) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Way more details here.

Specialties:

Parenting

  • MOMFIDENCE book, column, website, and blog
  • Coauthor, NYT bestseller The Happiest Toddler on the Block with Dr. Harvey Karp
  • Coauthor, Bright From the Start with Dr. Jill Stamm
  • Author of three Parenting Magazine guidebooks & Parenting: The New Mom's Gift Kit
  • Consultant to BabyCenter.com, Gerber, First Moments, Kajeet, and other family-friendly companies
  • Contributing editor, Parenting and Babytalk magazines
  • Parenting articles also in Family Life, Parents, Newsweek, Reader's Digest, Redbook, Grandparenting
  • Expert source interviews in Real Simple, Ladies Home Journal, New Choices, Fit Pregnancy, WebMD, ParentCenter, MOMCentral, American Baby, "Meet the Peetes," many others.
  • Not least, mom of four


Elder Care

  • A senior editor of Caring.com for the adult children of aging parents -- the next huge topic in American family life
  • Caring Currents blogger, twice weekly
  • Caring This Week newsletter editor
  • Alzheimer's/dementia specialty


Pregnancy

  • Author of 3 pregnancy guides: The Pregnancy Journal gift book, Everything Else You Need to Know When You're Expecting, and  Parenting's Guide to Your Pregnancy
  • Coauthor, Body, Soul and Baby with Duke Integrative Medicine director Tracy Gaudet
  • More than three years of life spent pregnant!


Women's Health / Family Health

  • Coauthor, The V Book with Harvard's Dr. Elizabeth Stewart
  • Consciously Female with Dr. Tracy Gaudet of Duke Integrative Medicine
  • Dozens of magazine articles: Health, USA Weekend, Newsweek, Glamour, Redbook, Weight Watchers, Arthritis Today, elsewhere
  • Awards from American Speech, Language, Hearing Association; Arthritis Foundation; National Political Women's Caucus; others


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