Pam Leo is a human development scholar, leading voice in the Conscious Parenting Movement, and a family literacy activist. She is the author of the beloved parenting classic, Connection Parenting, and the children's book, Please Read to Me, which was a recipient of two Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation grants for $25, 000 in 2021- 2024. Please Read to Me, the board book, was distributed to Maine babies and children through the grant. Pam has worked with children and families for more than forty years. Her parenting education field work includes teaching incarcerated parents, parents in rehabilitation and recovery programs, and teen parents to connect with their children. From her work with at-risk families, she learned that all parents want very much to provide for their own children. She has "never met a parent who didn't want life to be better for their children than it was for them." Pam is a third-generation homeschooler and homeschool advocate. She was the keynote speaker for 900 homeschooling moms at Wild +Free conference in Nashville, TN, in 2022. See photos of this conference at PamLeo. org. Early in her life experience, Pam was a birth doula, and childbirth educator. She brought the seminal thinker and human development advocate, Joseph Chilton Peace, to Maine for The " I Am a Magical Child" weekend conference attended by 400+ parents, practitioners, and educators. Joseph Chilton Pearce is credited with launching the Conscious Parenting Movement with his seminal works, including Magical Child, 1977. Pam's long history as a leading voice of the Conscious Parenting Movement includes being a founding board member of the Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children, aTLC, and a board member of the award-winning nonprofit, Kindred World. She has written for Empathetic Parenting Magazine, Mothering Magazine, Pathways to Family Wellness Magazine, and is a contributing editor to Kindred Magazine. She is a regular presenter at homeschooling, parenting, and literacy conferences, and featured on podcasts and television news programs nationally. Read Pam's posts and listen to podcast interviews on Kindred Magazine at https://kindredmedia. org/author/pam-leo/ Learn more about Pam's lifelong commitment to families at PamLeo. org. Start your own Book Fairy Pantry Project at BookFairyPantryProject. org
