About the Author

International best-selling, award-winning author, L.R.Knost, is an independent child development researcher and founder and director of the advocacy and consulting group, Little Hearts/Gentle Parenting Resources, as well as a monthly contributor to The Natural Parent Magazine. She is also a babywearing, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, homeschooling mother of six. Her children are a twenty-six-year-old married father of two; a twenty-four-year-old married Family Therapist; a nineteen-year-old university pre-med student; fifteen- and eight-year-old sweet, funny, socially active, homeschooled girls; and an active and adorable toddler. Other works by L.R.Knost include the 'Wisdom For Little Hearts' series and the soon-to-be-released 'Grumpykins' series of children's picture books which are humorous and engaging tools for parents, teachers, and caregivers to use in implementing gentle parenting techniques in their homes and schools.