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Opvoedfeiten: op data gebaseerd, voor een relaxter ouderschap, van baby tot peuter
Emily Oster
4.08 AVERAGE
1.27k reviews for:
Opvoedfeiten: op data gebaseerd, voor een relaxter ouderschap, van baby tot peuter
Emily Oster
4.08 AVERAGE
Summary: A follow up to one of my favorite parenting books, Expecting Better, Cribsheet is a data driven look at some of the big topics around parenting a newborn. This book specifically birth through two years old. If you’ve got a kid (or are considering having one) and you like logical data driven research, this is the book for you.
If you read my past reviews, you will probably have seen my review of Expecting Better, and honestly if you like that book, you’ll like this one. It’s the same model just for a different age group. Cribsheet covers birth to about two years old.
If you didn’t read that review, the general rundown is that Oster is an economist and data analyst that decided to take logical, research driven look at some of the biggest topics in parenting and use data to reach her conclusions. She makes very few decisions for the reader and instead offers a summary of her findings and explains how she arrived at her conclusion. If that sounds super boring then this isn’t a book for you, if the idea of using data to make decisions is exciting than this is “the book”.
I will say that the biggest difference between the previous book, that runs pre-birth through delivery, and this book, is that there are even fewer clear choices based on data. This isn’t surprising because it’s hard to get truly statistically significant research studies done on children. After all, if you can’t really experiment on them! A lot of the decisions will be up to your opinion and style as a parent. She provides plenty of data and insights but as children get older, they become more unique and so there are far fewer clear-cut answers.
I do really think that Oster’s books are my go-to for parenting just because I love having data guide me towards answers. I’d highly recommend this book for anybody in the very specific circumstance that they are having a child.
If you read my past reviews, you will probably have seen my review of Expecting Better, and honestly if you like that book, you’ll like this one. It’s the same model just for a different age group. Cribsheet covers birth to about two years old.
If you didn’t read that review, the general rundown is that Oster is an economist and data analyst that decided to take logical, research driven look at some of the biggest topics in parenting and use data to reach her conclusions. She makes very few decisions for the reader and instead offers a summary of her findings and explains how she arrived at her conclusion. If that sounds super boring then this isn’t a book for you, if the idea of using data to make decisions is exciting than this is “the book”.
I will say that the biggest difference between the previous book, that runs pre-birth through delivery, and this book, is that there are even fewer clear choices based on data. This isn’t surprising because it’s hard to get truly statistically significant research studies done on children. After all, if you can’t really experiment on them! A lot of the decisions will be up to your opinion and style as a parent. She provides plenty of data and insights but as children get older, they become more unique and so there are far fewer clear-cut answers.
I do really think that Oster’s books are my go-to for parenting just because I love having data guide me towards answers. I’d highly recommend this book for anybody in the very specific circumstance that they are having a child.
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I really liked Expecting Better - I was a bundle of nerves for a lot of pregnancy and I found Emily Oster's pragmatic and evidence driven approach to be reassuring.
This book is about the time after you've given birth, which is much more my professional wheelhouse as a paediatrician. I have, of course, quickly learnt that being a parent and being a paediatrician are two very different things, and the latter doesn't really help the former (though I do think the former will help the latter, but I digress).
The data for a lot of the issues discussed is pretty murky, and I believe this book underplays the benefits of breastfeeding.
Lots of interesting stuff on sleep (even if I cant personally engage in CIO sleep training) and about care choices once you go back to work.
Overall would recommend.
This book is about the time after you've given birth, which is much more my professional wheelhouse as a paediatrician. I have, of course, quickly learnt that being a parent and being a paediatrician are two very different things, and the latter doesn't really help the former (though I do think the former will help the latter, but I digress).
The data for a lot of the issues discussed is pretty murky, and I believe this book underplays the benefits of breastfeeding.
Lots of interesting stuff on sleep (even if I cant personally engage in CIO sleep training) and about care choices once you go back to work.
Overall would recommend.
I wanted to enjoy this book because I thought it the data-driven approach to parenting was interesting and unlike anything I have previously read but almost every single chapter can be summarized by “the data is inconclusive, therefore make the best decision for your family with the information you have.” Almost each chapter ends with something like “Again, we simply do not have a lot of concrete data to guide you...” I did enjoy the stories of her own kids and their experiences so maybe I would be more interested in a memoir of hers?
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This is my social media announcement that I’m going to be a dad.
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