Emily Oster is the non-judgemental girlfriend holding our hand and guiding us through pregnancy and motherhood. She has done the work to get us the hard facts in a soft,understandable way'Amy SchumerParenting is full of decisions,nearly all of which can be agonized over. There is an abundance of often-conflicting advice hurled at you from doctors,family,friends,and strangers on the internet. But the benefits of these choices can be overstated,and the trade-offs can be profound. How do you make your own best decisionArmed with the data,Oster finds that the conventional wisdom doesn't always hold up. She debunks myths and offers non-judgemental ways to consider our options in light of the facts. Cribsheet is a thinking parent's guide that empowers us to make better,less fraught decisions - and stay sane in the years before preschool.Now you can navigate the primary school years with Emily Oster too,in her new book The Family Firm,out now
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Publisher: Profile Books LtdISBN: 9781788164498Number of pages: 352Weight: 280 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mmEdition: Main
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Shows that in the hectic haze of parenthood an economist's perspective can prove surprisingly clarifyingShe has crunched all the statistics on breastfeeding,potty training,working mothers and playgroups and discovered there is no optimal set of choices that will produce the perfect child. Most parents say they want happy,well-adjusted,robust kids and there are myriad ways to achieve those results. She's rightIt couldn't be more relevant...steers clear of recommendations and cast-iron guarantees,instead promising to arm parents with information to make the decisions that are right for themA huge relief from the scare stories...Cribsheet is not another call for the end of helicopter parenting or snowplow parenting or whatever kind of parenting is lighting up social media today,and it's not a call to overthrow medical wisdom; it's a call for parenting with context,and it's freeingBoth refreshing and useful. With so many parenting theories driving us all a bit batty,this is the type of book that we need to help calm things down.The Guilt-Free,Data-Driven Guide to Parenting.... uses science and stats to cut through the confusion of raising a family...Smart,relatable,and funnyPRAISE FOR EMILY OSTERI am so grateful for her workA savior for whipsawed mothers...Oster shows how data,a scary word,can be a humanizing force...Enriching this analytical brilliance is the common sense and empathy that come from being a mother herself
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