Roslyn Ann Duffy's work and how it began:

In 1978, with my husband Vincent and friend Laurie Wick, I started the Learning Tree Montessori Childcare, among the first American all-day Montessori programs. For 17 years I co- directed the school, trained teachers, taught parenting classes, and became a public speaker while raising our own four children.

In 1995 I left the Learning Tree to establish the Better Living Institute and open my counseling practice, as the first of my books (Positive Discipline for Preschoolers, co-authored with Jane Nelsen and Cheryl Erwin) came out.

In 1996 I began writing the column, From a Parent's Perspective for Child Care Information magazine.

In 1999 my work gained international scope through the World Forum on Early care and Education, where those concerned with the needs of young children and families worldwide gather annually. This work grew to include presentations in Singapore, Athens and New Zealand, and a newly inaugurated training exchange with Professor Lily Wong of Singapore.

Our own family's experiences with A.D.D., (attention deficit disorder), sent my path in an additional direction, leading to an upcoming book on the topic. *

As my knowledge of common and divergent needs of families has grown, so has my commitment to helping others. To that commitment I dedicate this web site.

*A book on ADD, two parenting books and children's texts are all works in progress. As they become available the information will appear on this web site.

	"Children are forced to live very rapidly in order to live at all. They are given only a few years in which to learn hundreds of thousands of things about life and the planet and themselves." -Phyllis McGinley