Kyle Pruett

Dr. Kyle D. Pruett, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Child Psychiatry and Director of Medical Studies at the Yale University Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine. He is a prominent author, international lecturer, media personality and pioneering researcher, conducting the country’s only long-term study of the developmental impact on children of primary caretaking fathers. Author of several award-winning books, he has hosted his own Lifetime Television series, "Your Child Six to Twelve with Dr. Kyle Pruett". A columnist and contributing editor to "Good Housekeeping" and "Child" magazines and parentsedge.com, he also has served as consultant for CBS Morning News, appeared regularly on "Good Morning America", "Oprah", "CBS This Morning", and National Public Radio. Dr. Pruett is a frequent contributor to "The New York Times".

An acclaimed speaker, he has addressed the National Press Club, trained judges in many states, and advised dozens of legislators on Capitol Hill. Dr. Pruett consulted to Vice President Al Gore for the White House Conference on "Men in Children's Lives", and is immediate past president of Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and their Families, and the International Study Group on Fathers and Child Development. Dr. Pruett also serves as program consultant to the [http://www.goddardschool.com/ The Goddard School] .

Educated at Yale and Tufts Universities, he is an internationally known expert and forensic consultant on child and family development, creativity, family law and the effects of media, trauma and divorce on children. He maintains a private practice in infant, child, adolescent and family psychiatry. A member of the Performing Arts Medicine Association, Dr. Pruett is also a gifted musician, and regularly performs as a soloist in opera, oratorio, and vocal chamber music. He is father to three daughters and one son, is married to [http://www.marshapruett.com/ Dr. Marsha Kline Pruett] .

Publications

* Fatherneed: Why Father Care Is as Essential as Mother Care for Your Child - c. 2000
* Me, Myself and I: How Children Build Their Sense of Self: 18 to 36 Months - c. 1999
* The Nurturing Father: Journey Toward the Complete Man - c.1986

External links

* [http://www.drkylepruett.com Dr. Kyle Pruett.com]
* [http://www.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/ The Yale Child Study Center]
* [http://www.goddardschool.com/ The Goddard School]
* [http://www.zerotothree.org/ Zero to Three: The National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families]
* [http://www.civitas.org/ Civitas]