Deborah Farmer Kris

Deborah Farmer Kris is a child development expert, parent educator, and children’s book author whose work focuses on helping families support kids’ emotional and social growth. She is the author of the “All the Time” picture book series, including I Love You All the Time, as well as the I See You board book series and the parenting book Raising Awe-Seekers: How the Science of Wonder Helps Our Kids Thrive. Her picture books I Love You All the Time and You Have Feelings All the Time have been highlighted by Oprah Daily.

Kris spent over twenty years as a K–12 teacher and school administrator and has also served as an associate scholar at Boston University’s Center for Character and Social Responsibility. She writes regularly about parenting and education for outlets including PBS KIDS, NPR’s MindShift, CNN, The Washington Post, Boston Globe Magazine, and Oprah Daily, and she is the founder of the parenting resource site Parenthood365. She currently serves as an expert advisor for the PBS KIDS show “Carl the Collector.”