Penelope Leach

Penelope Leach is a research psychologist and one of the world's leading experts on child development. Her books include Your Baby and Child, Babyhood, and Children First. She is a fellow of the British Psychological Soiety, a visiting professor at Winchester University, and a senior research fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London, and at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. She has been a member of the Professional Advisory Council of the American Institute for Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies, a member of the Curriculum Board of Sesame Street, a consulting editor of Child magazine, vice president of the Health Visitors' Association, and president and chair of the Child Development Society.