Cara Goodwin

Cara Goodwin (Col ’07) published “How Can I Reduce My Stress as a Parent?” in RoanokeFamily Magazine. The article draws on the U.S. Surgeon General’s advisory on parent mental health and offers research-backed strategies for easing everyday parenting stress. Her work on why unstructured time builds creativity and independence in children was also adapted for VirginiaSummerCamp.com as “Why Kids Need Boredom.” A licensed clinical psychologist who majored in psychology and neuroscience at UVA, Goodwin is the founder of Parenting Translator and is a mother of four.