Elaine Mazlish (31 March 1925 – 31 October 2017)[1] was an American author,[2] parent educator[3] who wrote about helping parents and teachers to communicate better with children.[4][5]
She also arranged various workshops based on the teachings in her books.[6]
Mazlish received a degree in theater arts from New York University. Before spending full time raising her three children she taught and developed drama programs for children in settlement houses in New York City.[4]
Along with her co-author, Adele Faber, Mazlish was on the faculty of the New School for Social Research and the Family Life Institute of C.W. Post. Together, through workshops and books they disseminated the child-rearing philosophy of Dr. Haim Ginott.[4]
She died at the age of 92 on October 31, 2017.[1]