Mary Hartzell
Early childhood educator and author
Mary Hartzell was an early childhood educator and parent educator. She co-wrote Parenting from the Inside Out with child psychiatrist Daniel J. Siegel.
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About Mary Hartzell
Mary Hartzell, M.Ed., spent more than thirty years teaching children, parents and teachers. She directed First Presbyterian Nursery School in Santa Monica, California, until she retired in 2014. At the school she introduced the Reggio Emilia approach to teaching and learning. She also taught and recorded parenting classes. Her master's degree in early childhood education and psychology came from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), where she also taught in the early childhood unit of the Lab School. She received the first Pediatric Aids Foundation Hero's Award for her work with children and parents. With Daniel J. Siegel, she wrote Parenting from the Inside Out, which looks at how childhood experiences shape the way people parent.