Catherine Pearlman, PhD, LCSW is a social worker, mom of two, professor of social work at Brandman University and the Founder of The Family Coach. Her syndicated Dear Family Coach column appears in newspapers around the country and her myriad parenting columns have appeared on CNN, the Wall Street Journal, Scary Mommy, Parents, BBC, and on websites from Sweden to South Africa. Catherine is the author of Ignore It!: How Selectively Looking the Other Way Can Decrease Behavioral Problems and Increase Parenting Satisfaction published by TarcherPerigee. You can find her on Facebook and Twitter.
