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Gia Gambaro Blount

Meet Gia Gambaro Blount, a parenting coach, child development professor, and parent educator with over 20 years of experience supporting thousands of families find solutions to everyday parenting challenges. She has her MA in Early Childhood Development and is a mother of two children so different from one another they have challenged her understanding of parenting theories and deepened her awareness that there is no “right” way to parent. Her notable contributions include developing a parenting curriculum for the state of California and establishing the Family Resource Center at Pasadena City College. She is also the official Toddler Expert for The Family Room, where she teaches year-round classes and wrote the entire parent education curriculum, with 35 topics including potty training, tantrums and meltdowns, raising a resilient child, body safety, and more. She has been interviewed as an expert on several top parenting podcasts and is a scouted keynote speaker for preschools, family centers, and corporations.

CONTACT

Email: giagambaroblount@gmail.com

Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/parentcoachgia/

Website: https://www.giagambaroblount.com/

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Winter 2025

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