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Jan Hunt, M.Sc., is a parenting counselor, the Director of the Natural Child Project and Editorial Assistant of the Canadian journal Empathic Parenting. She is also an advisor to Attachment Parenting International, Child Friendly Initiative, and Northwest Attachment Parenting.

Her parenting column, "The Natural Child" ran for nine years in the Canadian magazine Natural Life, and she has published numerous articles in other periodicals.

Jan's first book, The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart, was published in December 2001 by New Society. Jan is the parent of a 21-year-old son who homeschooled from the beginning with a learner-directed approach. Jan and her family live in central Oregon.

The Natural Child Project website, www.naturalchild.org, has articles and advice on parenting and education that respects children. The site includes over 100 articles by leading writers, including Alice Miller, Peggy O'Mara, Naomi Aldort, and James Kimmel, among others. The site also includes the Global Children's Art Gallery, which was started by Jan's son Jason in 1997. It has since become the Internet's largest collection of children's art. The Natural Child Project envisions "a world in which all children are treated with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion."

Jan is available for telephone counseling. For more information, see www.naturalchild.org/counseling or call Jan toll-free at (877) 593-1547.