Every Monday night, Play 2 Progress hosts experts in their fields to answer parents' questions live.  This is a recording of Dr. Allie Ticktin's discussion with Dr. Robin Berman. 

Robin Berman, MD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She is the author of Permission to Parent: How to Raise Your Child with Love & Limits, which was also published in Europe under the title Hate Me Now, Thank Me Later. Dr. Berman has appeared on The Today Show and Good Morning America, and her book has been featured in the Washington Post, the London Times, and Time Magazine online. Dr. Berman is a founding board member of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA and an Advisory Board member of Matthew McConaughey’s Just Keep Livin Foundation.  Dr. Berman is also on the Parents Magazine Advisory Board, is a regular contributor to Gwyneth Paltrow’s goop website, and had a podcast recently featured on Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine website. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children.