Dr. Catherine Pearlman, the founder of The Family Coach®, is a licensed clinical social worker who has been working with children and families for more than twenty-five years. She is the author of FIRST PHONE: A Child's Guide to Digital Responsibility, Safety, and Etiquette and IGNORE IT!: How Selectively Looking the Other Way Can Decrease Behavioral Problems and Increase Parenting Satisfaction. She holds a Ph.D. in social welfare from Yeshiva University and a master’s of social work from New York University. Dr. Pearlman is also currently an associate professor of social work at University of Massachusetts Global.
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Dr. Catherine Pearlman, a licensed clinical social worker, has written a new book called "First Phone: A Child's Guide to Digital Responsibility, Safety and Etiquette.”