Hello! I’m Dr. Jennifer Pupard. I am a school psychologist and behavioral child psychologist, but I left the professional arena to stay home when my youngest son was born 6 years ago. I love being home with my kids, but at the same time I really miss helping other parents with theirs. I started More Carrot Than Stick after seeing the same questions from parents time and time again on my social network feeds. It’s my hope that the information provided here will guide parents in dealing with everyday child behavior challenges. 

A little more about me…I have a Ph.D. in school psychology, and I am licensed (although not practicing) as a school psychologist and a clinical psychologist in the state of Florida. I have over 11 years of experience working with children and families professionally, and over 20 years of experience raising children. My husband is an awesome partner, and we have four children – two sons ages 17 and 6 and two daughters ages 13 and 3. While we haven’t had much time for activities other than child-rearing lately, we try to enjoy the outdoors in Florida whenever we can! We believe in making positive behavioral changes with everyone in the family, not just the kids, so we are very interested in exercise, plant-based eating, and minimalism.

Full disclosure: I am a chronic exclamation point user, and I have a self-diagnosed problem with double-spacing after periods. Both are habits I am working on.

Welcome and enjoy!