CHRISTIANE LAVIN Christiane Lavin is a journalist specializing in early childhood development. She has extensive experience reporting and writing articles about the cognitive, emotional, and social development of children. Since 2002, she has written the “Behavior & Development” column for CHILD, a national parenting magazine. Ms. Lavin’s articles about parenting, relationships, and psychology appear in a variety of leading consumer magazines, including Redbook, Parents, Good Housekeeping, and Woman’s Day. She has also served as the “Health Hotline Pregnancy” columnist for SELF magazine and the “Kidbits” columnist for Sesame Street Parents magazine. Ms. Lavin launched her journalism career at McCall’s magazine as an assistant editor before moving to Good Housekeeping magazine, where she worked as a writer and editor for six years. During her tenure, she helped to conceive and create a series of articles on second-hand smoke that won Good Housekeeping the American Association of Magazine Editors (ASME) National Magazine Award, the highest honor for magazine journalism (Personal Service category). Ms. Lavin earned a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in Evanston, IL. She is a member of the Junior League of Northern Virginia (JLNV) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Children’s Museum of Northern Virginia (CMNOVA). She lives in McLean, VA, with her husband and four children.