Cribsheet A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

Emily Oster

eBook - 2019

From the author of Expecting Better, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected an economist's guide to the early years of parenting.“Both 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.” —LA Times“The book is jampacked with information, but it’s also a delightful read because Oster is such a good writer.” —NPR With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In Cribsheet, she now ta...ckles an even greater challenge: decision-making in the early years of parenting. As any new parent knows, there is an abundance of... more