Cribsheet

The New York Times bestseller<BR><BR>From the author of Expecting Better, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected an economist's guide to the early years of parenting.<BR><BR>“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<BR><BR>“The book is jampacked with information, but it’s also a delightful read because Oster is such a good writer.” —NPR<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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? <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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.

From the author of Expecting Better, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected an economist's guide to the early years of parenting.<BR><BR>“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<BR><BR>“The book is jampacked with information, but it’s also a delightful read because Oster is such a good writer.” —NPR<BR><BR> 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. <BR><BR> 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? <BR><BR> 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. <BR><BR> 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.

The instant New York Times bestseller • A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of the Year<BR><BR>“Emily Oster dives into the data on parenting issues, cuts through the clutter, and gives families the bottom line to help them make better decisions.” –Good Morning America<BR><BR>From the bestselling author of Expecting Better and Cribsheet, the next step in data driven parenting from economist Emily Oster.<BR><BR>In The Family Firm, Brown professor of economics and mom of two Emily Oster offers a classic business school framework for data-driven parents to think more deliberately about the key issues of the elementary years: school, health, extracurricular activities, and more.<BR><BR>Unlike the hourly challenges of infant parenting, the big questions in this age come up less frequently. But we live with the consequences of our decisions for much longer. What's the right kind of school and at what age should a particular kid start? How do you encourage a healthy diet? Should kids play a sport and how seriously? How do you think smartly about encouraging children's independence? Along with these bigger questions, Oster investigates how to navigate the complexity of day-to-day family logistics.<BR><BR>Making these decisions is less about finding the specific answer and more about taking the right approach. Parents of this age are often still working in baby mode, which is to say, under stress and on the fly. That is a classic management problem, and Oster takes a page from her time as a business school professor at the University of Chicago to show us that thoughtful business process can help smooth out tough family decisions.<BR><BR>The Family Firm is a smart and winning guide to how to think clearly--and with less ambient stress--about the key decisions of the elementary school years.<BR><BR>Parenting is a full-time job. It's time we start treating it like one.<BR>

Antworten auf alle Fragen rund um die Themen Schwangerschaft und GeburtWährend ihrer ersten Schwangerschaft erhielt Emily Oster immer wieder Ratschläge, die einander zwar widersprachen, aber alle mit beeindruckender Vehemenz vorgebracht wurden. Also ging sie das Problem systematisch an. Sie sammelte Daten, sie analysierte und wog ab.So ist dieses Buch entstanden: der erste große Schwangerschafts-Ratgeber aus der Feder einer Ökonomin. Emily Oster räumt auf mit zahlreichen weit verbreitete Mythen zu Ernährung während der Schwangerschaft, Alkohol und Bettruhe.Auf Basis aktuellster Studien erhalten werdende Mütter so das Wissen, das sie wirklich brauchen.

Frischgebackenen Eltern werden mit einer Vielzahl von gut gemeinten Ratschlägen bombardiert, sei es von Ärzten, Freunden oder im Netz. Von Anfang an müssen sie die richtigen Entscheidungen treffen rund um Füttern, Schlaf und Timing - sonst ist das Kind direkt verloren ... Doch wie soll man dazu trotz chronischen Schlafmangels in der Lage sein? Mit den neuesten Zahlen und Daten zu allen wichtigen Fragen der ersten vier Lebensjahre zeigt Emily Oster, dass die gängigen Weisheiten nicht immer wahr sind. Sie entlarvt Mythen über Stillen, Schlaftraining und Spracherwerb und zeigt, was wirklich gilt.