Dr. Harvey Karp is a nationally renowned pediatrician on the faculty of UCLA School of Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The popularity of his books has made him the most read pediatrician in America. Praising his revolutionary ideas, the New York Times proclaimed, “Roll over Dr. Spock!”

Dr. Karp’s books/DVDs, The Happiest Baby on the Block and The Happiest Toddler on the Block, teach parents simple techniques to boost sleep and stop colic, postpartum depression, breastfeeding failure, child abuse, and temper tantrums. His work is translated into over 20 languages.

Over a million parents have used Dr. Karp’s techniques for making children -- and families -- happy. Thousands of specially trained Happiest Baby educators (www.thehappiestbaby.com) lead classes teaching pregnant couples simple skills to quickly calm fussy infants and add 1-3 hours to a baby’s sleep. Classes are taught in hospitals, military bases, clinics and teen parenting programs throughout the US and in 14 other countries.

He is an advisor to Parents, Ser Padres and American Baby magazines and a parenting coach for AOL. He has appeared numerous times on Good Morning America, The View, Larry King Live, Dr. Phil, etc.. And, his work has been featured by the Associated Press, New York Times, Time, Newsweek, People Magazine, etc..

In addition to his passion for teaching child development, Dr. Karp is an outspoken advocate in the fight to stop environmental threats to children. Over the past 20 years, he has been a spokesperson on environmental issues for the NRDC, PSR, AAP and State of California and helped launch two of the nation’s premiere watchdog organizations on children’s environmental health. He is also an advisor to National Geographic’s “Green Guide” and editor and contributor to the critically acclaimed green-living guide, Healthy Child/Healthy World (Plume, 2009). Last year Dr. Karp’s work inspired the passage of a new federal law banning a toxic plastic -- phthlates -- from the toys of young children.

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