"My goal: Less guilt, more common sense about family life --  whether we're talking baby care, child care, senior care, or self care."
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Paula Spencer is: Author or coauthor of 12 books on parenting or health, including Momfidence! and many collaborations; a longtime Woman's Day columnist; a founding editor of Caring.com; a contributing editor to Parenting and Babytalk; and a public speaker and consultant on family matters. I live momfidently (on good days) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with my husband and our four children.

Specialties:

Parenting

  • MOMFIDENCE book, column, website, and blog
  • Coauthor, 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, and other family-friendly companies
  • Contributing editor, Parenting and Babytalk magazines
  • Not least, a mom of four


Senior Care

  • A founding editor of Caring.com for the adult children of aging parents -- the next huge topic in American family life
  • Caring Currents blogger, Caring.com
  • Alzheimer's/Dementia Senior Editor


Pregnancy

  • Author of 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's 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, Glamour, Redbook, Weight Watchers, Arthritis Today, elsewhere
  • Awards from American Speech, Language, Hearing Association; Arthritis Foundation; others


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