Tovah Klein

Tovah P. Klein, PhD, is Director of the Barnard College Center for Toddler Development, a psychology professor at Barnard College, Columbia University, and the author of How Toddlers Thrive: What Parents Can Do Today for Childen Ages 2-5 to Plant the Seeds of Lifelong Success. Dr. Klein has worked with parents and children of all ages for over three decades, and she and her works appear frequently in the media, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Parents, Motherly, Business Insider, Popsugar, Purewow, and Slate. She has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, MSNBC, the Today show, and NPR. A former developmental advisor to Sesame Street, she now advises several organizations, including Room to Grow, Ubuntu Pathways in South Africa, Hunts Point Alliance for Children, and Children's Museum of Manhattan. She lives in New York City.