David Elkind

Meet David Elkind

Dr. Elkind, clinical

psychologist, has spent his career

researching the social, emotional,

and brain development of 

children. He has conducted studies

on the causes and effects of stress

on children.


Quote

 

"The conviction that the best way to prepare children for a harsh, rapidly changing world is to introduce formal instruction at an early age is wrong. There is simply no evidence to support it, and considerable evidence against it. Starting children early academically has not worked in the past and is not working now." - David Elkind

Credentials

  • PhD - UCLA
  • Postdoctorate Fellow - Piaget's Institute (Geneva)
  • professor / department chair of Child Development - Tufts University
  • Author of The Hurried Child, Reinventing Childhood, All Grown Up and No Place to Go, and  Ties that Stress: The New Family Imbalance
  • Authored over 400 articles and children's stories
  • Published in  Jack and Jill, Boston Globe, and Good Housekeeping
  • Contributing editor - Parents Magazine
  • Television appearances - Oprah Winfrey Show, Donahue, 20/20, Kids These Days, The Today Show, and CBS Morning News
  • President - National Association for the Education of Young Children 

Elkind and Piaget