You, raising your child : the owner's manual from first breath to first grade

You, raising your child The owner's manual from first breath to first grade

Michael F. Roizen

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Subjects
Child development.
Children > Health and hygiene.
Child rearing.
Parenting.
Published
New York, NY : Free Press 2010.
Language
English
Main Author
Michael F. Roizen (-)
Other Authors
Mehmet Oz, 1960- (-), Ted Spiker, Gary Hallgren
Edition
First Free Press hardcover edition
Physical Description
x, 481 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9781439109489
9781451612806
  • Let 'em grow, Let 'em grow, Let 'em grow: establish the best environment early on to help your child thrive in all areas of life
  • Learning channels: the biology of (really) early education
  • Routine procedures: help your kids form good habits right from the start
  • Good taste: instill proper nutritional and activity habits for baby and beyond
  • Gross anatomy? the GI system provides some crazy clues about your child's health
  • Bug out: get the lowdown on infection detection
  • Reaction time: how the immune system falters when it comes to allergies and asthma
  • Let's flesh things out: keep your child's skin beautiful on the outside-- to keep her healthy on the inside
  • Crash course: minimize the risks associated with common childhood accidents
  • Let's get medical: how to navigate the often confusing (and sometimes scary!) world of docs, hospitals, and emergencies
  • You: raising your child: the plan
  • You tools.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

This seventh volume in the YOU series (following YOU: Having a Baby) by Oprah's favorite physician-authors continues yet further dilutes the well-known brand. Apparently making full use of the data collected for the previous books, radio show, and Oprah programs, the book lacks structure and is uneven and scattershot, providing advice on a select number of not especially essential child health topics in chapters on the biology of infant education; child gastrointestinal issues; infectious diseases, allergies, and the immune system; and preventing childhood accidents and dealing with doctors and hospitals, thus forgoing the traditional structure of most parenting resources, which present information along developmental ages and stages. Some useful material may be found in a section entitled "YOU Tools," which features minimal hands-on instructions for diaper changing, interpreting infant cries, and the like; a number of short lists of required gear-but this section seems more an afterthought, a place to put all the good stuff that didn't fit into chapters. Although readers would expect the media star authors and the pediatric experts they recruited to create a real go-to guide, they will be disappointed, and the familiar, casual tone doesn't work. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Review by Library Journal Review

Roizen and Oz are making a fortune off the "YOU" series, so it was thus only a matter of time before they took on child rearing. Designed to teach "smart parenting" and create "optimal environments" for children (physically, emotionally, socially, and developmentally), complete with YOU tools and YOU plans, the book addresses everything from nutrition and health to infection and accidents. The environmental approach to parenting gives this title a more niche-market feel than the average 0-5 book, although the information itself is not new. The authors' signature style is here ("Release Her Inner Olivia Newton-John"="let's get physical,"), with lots of yuk-yuks in parenthesis, but patrons respond well to the YOU series and will expect their library to have the latest addition. Recommended.-Julianne J. Smith, "Parenting Short Takes," BookSmack! 9/16/10 (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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