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Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool (The ParentData Series) Kindle Edition

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'Emily Oster is the non-judgemental girlfriend holding our hand and guiding us through pregnancy and motherhood. She has done the work to get us the hard facts in a soft, understandable way' Amy Schumer

Parenting is full of decisions, nearly all of which can be agonized over. There is an abundance of often-conflicting advice hurled at you from doctors, family, friends, and strangers on the internet. 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 and offers non-judgemental ways to consider our options in light of the facts. Cribsheet is a thinking parent's guide that empowers us to make better, less fraught decisions - and stay sane in the years before preschool.

*Now you can navigate the primary school years with Emily Oster too, in her new book The Family Firm, out now*

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Shows that in the hectic haze of parenthood an economist's perspective can prove surprisingly clarifying ― Economist

It couldn't be more relevant ... steers clear of recommendations and cast-iron guarantees, instead promising to arm parents with information to make the decisions that are right for them ― Daily Telegraph

A revelation -- Pandora Sykes ― The High Low

I am so grateful for her work -- Amy Schumer

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

She has crunched all the statistics on breastfeeding, potty training, working mothers and playgroups and discovered there is no optimal set of choices that will produce the perfect child. Most parents say they want happy, well-adjusted, robust kids and there are myriad ways to achieve those results. She's right -- Alice Thomson ― The Times

The Guilt-Free, Data-Driven Guide to Parenting.... uses science and stats to cut through the confusion of raising a family...Smart, relatable, and funny ― Bloomberg

A huge relief from the scare stories ... Cribsheet is not another call for the end of helicopter parenting or snowplow parenting or whatever kind of parenting is lighting up social media today, and it's not a call to overthrow medical wisdom; it's a call for parenting with context, and it's freeing ― Washington Post

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Emily Oster is a professor of economics at Brown University and the author of Expecting Better. She spoke at the 2007 TED conference and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Esquire. Oster is married to economist Jesse Shapiro and is also the daughter of two economists. She has two children.

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Emily Oster is on a mission to empower parents by providing the data and tools they need to make confident decisions. In addition to being a Professor of Economics at Brown University, Emily is the founder and CEO of ParentData, a data-driven guide to pregnancy, parenting, and beyond. ParentData’s weekly newsletter now has hundreds of thousands of subscribers, along with a strong social media community. Emily is also a New York Times best-selling author, whose books include Expecting Better, Cribsheet and The Family Firm. She has sold over 1 million copies thus far. Her next book, The Unexpected, hits shelves April 2024.

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Ellen W
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
Reviewed in Australia on 9 February 2023
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Best book I've read on parenting, thank you Emily! So glad I found this when I was pregnant, helped with realistic expectations, and gave me strategies for common difficulties faced in the first few years.
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Christiaan
5.0 out of 5 stars Best baby book ever
Reviewed in Australia on 30 April 2020
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Emily Oster is amazing, and just like with 'Expecting Better,' this book is fantastic. She lays out all sorts of issues that you'll come up against, includes citations for her sources, and gives you the scientific facts, not biased studies. It's a really amazing book that all new parents should read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great info and easy to read
Reviewed in Australia on 8 October 2019
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Love how succinct and to the point this book is - really easy reading
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Margot MacGill
5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkably giftable
Reviewed in the United States on 10 March 2024
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This is a perfect gift for the ambitious and/or neurotic parent-to-be. It's more data-oriented than your average parenting book, and it is an engaging and thoughtful read.

Be mindful of the personality of the recipient before sending this out unsolicited, but if you're close to an expecting parent who is either super corporate or very analytical, they're likely to appreciate it.
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Clara
5.0 out of 5 stars i do recomend!
Reviewed in Brazil on 9 August 2022
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I loved!! I recomend to all my friends
This book fare perfect for new parents!
Easy to understand And read!!
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Marouf
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in Canada on 1 December 2021
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I am so glad this was the first pregnancy/baby book we have decided to read. It gives great insights about so many topics and guides you towards the most reliable studies so you can make the choices that work best for you. It also gives you great perspective when you read other books.
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federico toccacieli
5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo libro per l'aiuto nel crescere il proprio bambino supportato da statistiche e ricerche
Reviewed in Italy on 12 December 2023
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Ben scritto e di facile lettura. Tutti i capitoli, divisi per tema, sono supportati da statistiche e ricerche rendendolo non fazioso.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Actually evidence based, must read for every rational parent
Reviewed in Germany on 19 August 2023
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Being a scientist myself, I absolutely loved reading the book. The author tried to stay as neutral as possible, and while some statements were still opinion-based, the evidence is mostly presented in a rather unbiased manner (unlike many pseudo evidence based parenting books out there, trying to bend any evidence to fit a narrative). Moreover, the book is super easy to read, I basically swallowed it in a couple of days
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