Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., is a Vancouver-based developmental psychologist with more than 45 years of experience with young people and those responsible for them. A foremost authority on child development, Dr. Neufeld is an international speaker, a bestselling author (Hold On to Your Kids), and a leading interpreter of the developmental paradigm. Dr. Neufeld has a widespread reputation for making sense of complex problems and for opening doors to change. Although he was previously involved in university teaching and private practice, Dr. Neufield now devotes his time to teaching and training others, including educators and helping professionals. His Neufeld Institute is now a worldwide charitable organization devoted to applying developmental science to the task of raising children. Dr. Neufeld appears regularly on radio and television. He is a father of five and a grandfather to six.