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Margaret Beall McFarland (July 3, 1905 – September 12, 1988) was an American child psychologist and a consultant to the television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. She was the co-founder and director of the Arsenal Family and Children's Center in Pittsburgh , and much of her work focused on the meaning of the interactions between mothers and ...
Dr. Margaret McFarland was a p rofessor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the Director of the Arsenal Family and Children’s Center in Pittsburgh which she co-founded with Dr. Benjamin Spock and Erik Erikson.
Jan 8, 2020 · Margaret Beall McFarland was born on July 3, 1905, in Oakdale, Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh, the youngest of three girls of Robert and Gertrude (Messer) McFarland. Her father died when she was...
Oct 24, 2019 · Margaret McFarland and the Science of 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' Child Development. 5 Lessons From Margaret McFarland, The Scientist Behind Mister Rogers. This modest developmental psychologist taught Mister Rogers everything she knew — and then he passed it on to us. by Lauren Vinopal. Oct. 24, 2019.
Jan 21, 2020 · The late child psychologist Margaret McFarland, a Teachers College alumna who mentored the legendary Fred Rogers and served as an off-screen advisor to the show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” was recently the focus of a belated obituary in the New York Times’ “Overlooked” series.
For counseling experience, Rogers was assigned to work under the supervision of child psychologist Margaret B. McFarland, an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. That, as they say, was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. It was a pivotal professional relationship, as well.
It was the voice of Fred Rogers’ chief consultant Dr. Margaret McFarland, a highly regarded child psychologist. They met regularly to discuss child development theory, so that the scripts would authentically reflect the real concerns and feelings of children.
