Jesper Juul (18 April 1948 – 25 July 2019)[1] was a Danish family therapist and author of several books on parenting to a general audience.

In his book Your Competent Child (1995, in English 2001) he argues that today's families are at an exciting crossroads because the destructive values — obedience, physical and emotional violence, and conformity — that governed traditional hierarchical families are being transformed.

He had several jobs before entering higher education at Marselisborg Seminarium where he graduated as a teacher of history and religion in 1970.

[2] He has no peer-reviewed scientific articles listed in the American psychological database PsycINFO,[3] however his books have been cited numerous times in academic publications.

Juul died in his home in Odder on 25 July 2019 as a result of a lung infection.