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

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

Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to
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Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool Trade paperback - 2020

by Emily Oster

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  • Title Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
  • Author Emily Oster
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books
  • Publication date April 2020
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 304
  • ISBN 9780525559276 / 0525559272
  • Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.8 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Family
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Category Family / Parenting / Childbirth
  • Library of Congress subjects Parenthood, Pregnant women - Health and hygiene
  • Dewey Decimal Code 618.2
  • Quantity available 1

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This seller has earned a 4.17 of 5 Stars rating from internet customers.
4.17 / 5 (60 total reviews)

Reviewers largely praised Emily Oster’s clear, data-literate approach to early parenting. They found the book strongest where evidence is robust—on sleep, feeding, vaccines, and safety—and appreciated its accessible, nonjudgmental tone. Many said the later chapters reveal how thin or mixed the research is, which they found reassuring for trusting personal preferences but less helpful for making firm choices. Readers highlighted practical takeaways (sleep training works; breastfeeding’s benefits are mostly short-term) and valued the decision-making framework and risk context. Some wanted more definitive guidance or found it less useful as children get older, but it’s widely recommended for new or expecting parents.

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From the publisher

The New York Times bestseller

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 tackles an even greater challenge: decision-making in the early years of parenting.

As any new parent knows, there is an abundance of often-conflicting advice hurled at you from doctors, family, friends, and strangers on the internet. From the earliest days, parents get the message that they must make certain choices around feeding, sleep, and schedule or all will be lost. There's a rule--or three--for everything. But the benefits of these choices can be overstated, and the trade-offs can be profound. How do you make your own best decision?

Armed with the data, Oster finds that the conventional wisdom doesn't always hold up. She debunks myths around breastfeeding (not a panacea), sleep training (not so bad!), potty training (wait until they're ready or possibly bribe with M&Ms), language acquisition (early talkers aren't necessarily geniuses), and many other topics. She also shows parents how to think through freighted questions like if and how to go back to work, how to think about toddler discipline, and how to have a relationship and parent at the same time.

Economics is the science of decision-making, and Cribsheet is a thinking parent's guide to the chaos and frequent misinformation of the early years. Emily Oster is a trained expert--and mom of two--who can empower us to make better, less fraught decisions--and stay sane in the years before preschool.

About the author

Emily Oster is a professor of economics at Brown University and the author of Expecting Better, Cribsheet, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected. She writes the newsletter ParentData and her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Bloomberg.com. She has two children.

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