100 Parenting Experts to Follow on Twitter

“Raising a happy, healthy child is a piece of cake,” said no parent ever.

From toddler tantrums to teen cliques, parenting at all stages takes a tremendous amount of love and effort. Like most things in life, there is no magic formula for giving your son or daughter the best possible foundation for success.

However, a few well-timed hints or tips from professionals and other parents can provide you with peace of mind, renewed energy, and additional tools in your effective parenting artillery.

But where do you find the most reliable resources? As a parent, you have likely received advice and opinions from a variety of individuals. Everyone from your great-aunt Shirley to your next-door neighbor likes to offer words of wisdom on how to get Johnny to sleep or Sarah to start eating vegetables. You may have even been given the ubiquitous Dr. Spock manual on practical parenting. It can be overwhelming.

Thankfully, we’ve made your job a little easier by compiling a list of trained and experienced individuals to follow on Twitter. They serve as a community of voices to draw from, whether they are pediatricians (or “Tweetiatricians”) who back up everything with research or parents who’ve been there. These accounts offer a wealth of up-to-date information on parenting problems, right at your fingertips, when you need it most – whether you’re teaching the value of sharing gifts or getting the kids ready again for school.

The list is not ranked, because all of these experts are equally valuable in their own right. To give you a head start, here is some sage advice from some of the parenting experts listed below:

• “Establish guidelines and stick to them.” – Michele Borba, Ed.D.
• “Use extreme caution…Whatever you say in the kitchen goes into your kid’s ears and can come out on the computer screen – and go viral!” – Sue Scheff
• “Your child is acting like a child because he is one.” – Dr. Laura Markham
• “Offer root beer right after the medicine–it works as a great chaser to cover up yucky tastes.” – Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson
• “Assuming the caregiver role includes building a bridge back to yourself.” – Mark Banschick, MD
• “So much of one stage of life seems to help prepare you for another, and I can’t be certain, but I think surviving the toddler stage gives you hope for making it out alive from the teenage years.” – Susan McLean

Whether raising toddlers or teens, here is the list of experts to start following today:

1. Amy Wright Glenn – @amywrightglenn
2. Dr. Beth Onufrak – @DrBethKids
3. The Baby Spot – @thebabyspotca
4. Cloth Diaper Guru – @ClothDiaperGuru
5. Dad On The Run – @DadOnRun
6. Daily Mom – @dailymomtweets
7. KidNimble – @Kidnimble
8. Dr. Heather Pena OTR – @DrPtheOT
9. Lauren Kossack – @EpiFamily
10. Ask A Great Dad – @Askagreatdad
11. MamaOT – @mamaotblog
12. John Kinnear – @askdadblog
13. Linda Mastroianni – @Speaking_Autism
14. Jane Evans – @janeparenting
15. Dr Christina Hibbert – @DrCHibbert
16. Andrea Strang – @KinderSleep
17. Dr. Sheldon Horowitz – @LD_Expert
18. Laura Henry – @LauraChildcare
19. Successful SingleMom – @SingleMomBooks
20. Help We’ve Got Kids – @HelpWeveGotKids
21. Dr. M. White-McMahon – @AskDrMeredith
22. Cindy Anderson, Ph.D – @hopesbc
23. Harley Rotbart, M.D. – @NoRegretsParent
24. Ricky Y. Choi MD MPH – @rychoiMD
25. Deborah Gilboa, MD – @AskDocG
26. Gail Terp – @GailTerp
27. Dr. Claire McCarthy – @drClaire
28. Welcome Baby Care – @babycaretweets
29. Gill Connell – @MovingSmartNow
30. Dr. Daniel Flanders – @drflanders
31. Chris Efessiou – @ChiefDaddyOfcr
32. Dr Rosina McAlpine – @DrRosina
33. Parent Pretty – @parentpretty
34. Ava Parnass – @ListenToMePleas
35. TalkingTeenage – @TalkingTeenage
36. Susan McLean – @NoDomesticDiva
37. Mark Banschick, M.D. – @MarkBanschickMD
38. Dora Cheung – @OGTutor
39. Vicki Panaccione – @AskDrVicki
40. Laura Berg – @MySmartHands
41. Steve Reifman – @stevereifman
42. Dr. Laura Markham – @DrLauraMarkham
43. Nick Bennett – @peds_id_doc
44. Ourfamilyworld – @OurFamilyWorld
45. Kathleen Berchelmann – @MomDocKathleen
46. WendySueSwanson MD – @SeattleMamaDoc
47. PEP – @PEPParent
48. Stress Free Kids – @StressFreeKids
49. Twiniversity – @Twiniversity
50. Tamara Soles, PhD – @DrTamaraSoles
51. Dr. Russell Hyken – @DrHyken
52. Daniel J. Siegel – @DrDanSiegel
53. Melissa Taylor – @ImaginationSoup
54. Wendy Young,LMSW,BCD – @Kidlutions
55. Amy McCready – @AmyMcCreadyPPS
56. Dr. David Palmiter – @HelpingParents
57. Dr. Nancy Berk – @nancyberk
58. Regarding Baby – @lisasunbury
59. Thomas Hobson – @TheTeacherTom
60. Dr. Michele Borba – @micheleborba
61. Uriah Guilford – @helpthiskid
62. Rachel Simmons – @RachelJSimmons
63. Baby Bottom Line – @BabyBottomLine
64. Natasha Burgert – @DoctorNatasha
65. Dr. Imig Huffman – @DrJenHuffman
66. Richard Louv – @RichLouv
67. Annie Fox, M.Ed. – @Annie_Fox
68. The Kid’s Doctor – @TheKidsDoctor
69. Lenore Skenazy – @FreeRangeKids
70. Susan Stiffelman – @susanstiffelman
71. Susan Newman, Ph.D. – @SusanNewmanPhD
72. Melinda Blau – @melindablau
73. BabyCenter – @BabyCenter
74. Dr. Jennifer Shu – @LivingWellDoc
75. Dr. Lynne Kenney – @DrLynneKenney
76. Michael Grose – @michaelgrose
77. Sue Atkins – @SueAtkins
78. Jennifer Wagner – @jenwag57
79. Rosalind Wiseman – @RosalindWiseman
80. Dr Kim, MD – @DrKimMD
81. Jennifer McGrail – @blessdwith4
82. annecollier – @annecollier
83. MomsRising – @MomsRising
84. Scary Mommy – @ScaryMommy
85. Mia Redrick – @MIA_REDRICK
86. KaBOOM! – @kaboom
87. Alyson Schafer – @alysonschafer
88. Ronit Baras – @ronitbaras
89. sarahnewton – @sarahnewton
90. Sue Scheff – @SueScheff
91. Mike Sevilla, MD – @drmikesevilla
92. Daily Parenting Tip – @DailyParentTip
93. PBS Parents – @pbsparents
94. Deborah Tillman – @DeborahLTillman
95. Dr. Leah Klungness – @Dr_Leah
96. Dr. Robyn Silverman – @DrRobyn
97. Dr. Tanya R. Altmann – @DrMommyCalls
98. Justin Morgan, MD – @JustinMorganMD
99. Sarah Maizes – @SarahMaizes
100. Marva Soogrim – @MarvaSoogrim

Looking for all of these parenting experts in one place? Check out this Twitter list!