About Dr. Laura Jana

Dr. Laura Jana is a pediatrician and associate director of the Boys Town Institute for Child Health Improvement based in Omaha, Nebraska.

She is the co-author of the parenting books "Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality" (2005) and "Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed with Insight, Humor, and a Bottle of Ketchup" (2007). Both are published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Having served as a consultant to Dr. Benjamin Spock for the seventh edition of Dr. Spock's "Baby and Child Care" (1998), in 1999 she went on to co-found a national parenting media company named after her mentor and has remained dedicated to promoting what she considers to be "reality parenting" ever since.

In addition to her daily direct interactions with children and parents, Dr. Jana is regularly quoted in national parenting magazines, including "Parents," "Parenting," "American Baby," "Working Mother," and "Child." Dr. Jana can be frequently seen and heard discussing her common-sense approach to parenting on Omaha television and radio.

A proud mother of three, Dr. Jana is an advocate for early education and child care, and the owner of an educational child-care center in Omaha.