ESDPA Speaker Series

Mary Ann Little, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has been in private practice for over four decades. She is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and has served as an adjunct professor in the departments of psychology and special education at the University of Texas at Dallas. Little authored Loving Your Children Better: Matching Parenting Styles to the Age and Stage of Your Children, Cooperation Station, an educational toy for kids and families, and the Competent Kids Series. She has been a consultant to numerous educational and psychiatric facilities and frequently lectures to both lay and professional audiences. When not in her Dallas office, she can be found with her husband cooking, cycling back roads in Europe, or hiking trails near Santa Fe. Visit her online drmaryannlittle.com.

Raising empathetic and unselfish young people in today's "all about me" world might seem impossible, but new parenting approaches help parents recognize narcissistic tendencies and develop parenting practices that can reverse them before they become entrenched. Click here to learn more about Dr. Little's latest book.