Meet Our Experts
KidsDirect's content is shaped by real professionals with real, decades long careers in child development, psychology, medicine, and family health. Get to know them below.
Dr. Kalman Heller
Child and Family Psychologist
Dr. Heller spent decades writing parenting columns covering everything from toddler tantrums to sending a kid off to college.
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Dr. Robert Naseef
Psychologist
Dr. Naseef writes on fatherhood, family resilience, and raising children with disabilities, drawing on both his clinical background and his own family's story.
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Dr. Daniel Ravel
Pediatric Dentist
Dr. Ravel is a board certified pediatric dentist and former Army Dental Officer with more than 30 years of experience treating kids.
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Pat Sonnenstuhl, ARNP, CNM, MS
Certified Nurse Midwife
Pat has spent over 50 years in women's health care, from clinical midwifery to teaching birth hypnosis classes today.
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