Book #370 of 2021: Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids by Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE Like many self-help books, this 2019 title feels as though it probably could have been stripped of repetitive examples and published at magazine-article length, if not for the fact …
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Book Review: The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years by Emily Oster
Book #255 of 2021: The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years by Emily Oster So far Cribsheet is still my favorite data-driven parenting title by economist Emily Oster, but this latest one is a solid self-help book for household organizing and thorny decision-making about raising kids particularly …
Book Review: The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children by Wendy Mogel
Book #214 of 2019: The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children by Wendy Mogel This volume is part crash-course on traditional wisdom from Judaism and part demonstration of how it can inform modern child-raising. As with most parenting books — or self-help guides more generally — the advice can …
Book Review: Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman
Book #146 of 2019: Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman One part memoir of an American journalist’s life abroad in Paris, one part ethnography of French attitudes and approaches towards childraising. Mostly, the latter boils down to firmer rules, not feeling pressure to meet particular milestones, …
Book Review: Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster
Book #136 of 2019: Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster One of the major challenges facing new parents is the sheer over-abundance of advice out there — which has admittedly always been somewhat of an issue, but is exacerbated by the explosion of digital resources …
Book Review: And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready by Meaghan O’Connell
Book #240 of 2018: And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready by Meaghan O’Connell A short, powerful memoir about unplanned pregnancy, birth, early parenting, and postpartum depression. I really admire author Meaghan O’Connell’s sharp, matter-of-fact tone, which basically comes across as a more human version of Amy Dunne from Gone Girl. …
Book Review: How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids by Jancee Dunn
Book #232 of 2018: How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids by Jancee Dunn I think this self-help book would probably be most beneficial for parents who have already found their relationship growing more toxic, but it was certainly eye-opening to read five months before the due date of my first child. I feel …
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