Erika Christakis is an early childhood educator and New York Times bestselling author of The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need From Grownups. A former preschool director and faculty member of the Yale Child Study Center, Erika holds teaching licensure in Massachusetts and Vermont (pre-k through 2nd grade) and serves on the national advisory board of Defending the Early Years (DEY), a nonprofit working to provide quality education to all children. For two years, she wrote a TIME.com Ideas column and her work has been featured in a number of other venues, including The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, CNN.com and Salon. Erika is a graduate of Harvard College with master’s degrees in education and public health.
Read an interview with Erika Christakis on NPR: What Kids Need From Grown-Ups (But Aren’t Getting)