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

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Publisher Description

From the author of Expecting Better and The Family Firm, 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.

GENRE
Nonfiction
NARRATOR
KV
Karissa Vacker
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
10:36
hr min
RELEASED
2019
April 23
PUBLISHER
Penguin Audio
SIZE
330.6
MB

Customer Reviews

Liv5454 ,

A Must.

If I could only have one baby book this would be it.

Chelsea S.T. ,

Please record Emily

Content is great, super beneficial as a first time mom but I can’t express just how much of a difference it makes to have Emily Oster read the book (this comes after having just completed “Expecting Better”) vs this robotic, sterile interpretation (no offense to the voiceover artist). Please re-record!

Gimme More Wiser Than Me! ,

Unfortunate Narrator

Great content if you can deal with the narrators’ voice. I really liked the down to earth vibe of her first audio book. This audio book is read by someone with an overly professional and somewhat robotic voice.

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