TOMY International partnered with Maureen O’Brien, PhD for The First Years brand. Dr. O’Brien will provide child development expertise and advice related to product innovation for The First Years brand.
Dr. O’Brien is a well-respected speaker and author, and her psychology expertise includes child development as well as parent support, education, and promotion of healthy parent-child relationships. Dr. O’Brien earned her PhD at the University of Minnesota and held a Postdoctoral position at Harvard University.
Dr. O’Brien is the author of a three-book series, Watch Me Grow, which provides parents with a deeper understanding of their growing one-, two-, and three-year-old children. She has been involved in research at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Boston Children’s Hospital, and is the owner of Destination Parenting, a one-stop resource for all parenting topics.
For more than 60 years, The First Years has helped parents prepare for and embrace the unpredictable moments life throws at them on the journey of parenthood. The product line includes pacifiers, baby baths, toddler feeding, potty training tools and the new 4-in-1 Remote Control Bottle Warmer.
