{{Short description|American psychiatrist}} {{Infobox person <!--| name = --> | image = | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Psychiatrist, author, professor | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Kyle D. Pruett''' is an author of books and columns on parenting, and is a professor of child psychiatry at Yale University. This researcher and practicing psychiatrist was the host of the TV series ''Your Child Six to Twelve with Dr. Kyle Pruett''. He has contributed to ''Good Housekeeping'', ''Child'', and ''The New York Times''. He has appeared as a guest on ''Good Morning America'', ''Oprah'', ''CBS This Morning'', and National Public Radio.

Pruett was also the former president and board member of Zero to Three, an early childhood development organization. <ref>''The Face of Aids'':[https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/kyle-d-pruett-md/ Kyle D. Pruett, MD: A Pioneer in Child Development]Yale Medicine Magazine 2024.</ref>

==Controversies== Pruett has rebutted the use of his work by various opponents of same-sex marriage, saying that such usage distorted his work or was an exercise in cherry-picking.<ref>''Yale Herald'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20070705013358/http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=3783 Gay marriage critics misuse Yale study.] 2004.</ref><ref>Focus on the Family Newsletter: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070307170059/http://www.focusonthefamily.com/docstudy/newsletters/A000000702.cfm While The Debate Rages on, Children Pay the Price.] January 2007.</ref>

==Publications== * ''Fatherneed: Why Father Care Is as Essential as Mother Care for Your Child'' - c. 2000 * ''Me, Myself and I: How Children Build Their Sense of Self: 18 to 36 Months'' - c. 1999 * ''The Nurturing Father: Journey Toward the Complete Man'' - c.1986

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==External links== * [http://www.kylepruettmd.com Dr. Kyle Pruett.com] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050303170259/http://www.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/ The Yale Child Study Center] * [http://www.goddardschool.com/ The Goddard School] * [http://www.zerotothree.org/ Zero to Three: The National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families]

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