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danicamidlil's review
2.0
This lost a star when I ran straight into her anti-vaccine chapter. ARGH! "I believe in science, except when my holistic crunchy beliefs tell me that science is silly."
Blarg.
Blarg.
punywolf11's review
4.0
As a (hopefully) future parent, Mayim's conversational, gentle, anecdotal guide served as a helpful and practice introduction to attachment parenting. Parents who are already sold on AP may not find this book particularly brilliant or earth-shattering, but it's still an enjoyable and entertaining read.
samreid74's review
4.0
While I did don't follow this parenting style exactly, I do agree with most of her premises. And I appreciated the fact that she was not preachy or judgmental. Made me see attachment parenting differently and wonder if I would do things differently if I had it to do all over again.
chayeisara's review
2.0
There were some good ideas (not new, but good). But unfortunately, Bialik gives credibility to known pseudoscience and dangerous choices.
1. She listed Homeopathy as one of several alternative medicines that parents could benefit from utilizing. However, homeopathic remedies aren’t just home remedies like the general population might assume. The concept of homeopathic medicine in reality is the belief that the more diluted the “medicine” is, the more effective it is. That is clear balderdash, and it is disappointing to see someone I’d previously thought of as quite educated talk in support of such a pseudoscience.
2. Although she doesn’t say “don’t vaccinate your kids” and instead makes very centrist generalizations of “do what’s best for your family.” She says her and her husband made the educated decision not allow the kids to receive their childhood vaccinations.
If you’re looking for a fully science-backed book. This is not the for you.
If you want someone to start their journey down the natural-living to crunchy anti-medicine to alt-right pipeline, this is a subtle book that could create a great jumping of point for pseudo-scientific google searches and Facebook wormholes. Bialik may not be aware of this and it may not be her intent, but I’m sure it’ll okay play a role in at least one person’s such downfall.
Very disappointing.
1. She listed Homeopathy as one of several alternative medicines that parents could benefit from utilizing. However, homeopathic remedies aren’t just home remedies like the general population might assume. The concept of homeopathic medicine in reality is the belief that the more diluted the “medicine” is, the more effective it is. That is clear balderdash, and it is disappointing to see someone I’d previously thought of as quite educated talk in support of such a pseudoscience.
2. Although she doesn’t say “don’t vaccinate your kids” and instead makes very centrist generalizations of “do what’s best for your family.” She says her and her husband made the educated decision not allow the kids to receive their childhood vaccinations.
If you’re looking for a fully science-backed book. This is not the for you.
If you want someone to start their journey down the natural-living to crunchy anti-medicine to alt-right pipeline, this is a subtle book that could create a great jumping of point for pseudo-scientific google searches and Facebook wormholes. Bialik may not be aware of this and it may not be her intent, but I’m sure it’ll okay play a role in at least one person’s such downfall.
Very disappointing.
skirstat's review
3.0
This is an interesting perspective on parenting. I enjoyed learning the differences and how it can impact your child to implement this type of parenting. However, the book does not really outline actionable steps to parent this way. I understand that wasn’t the point of this book, but it would have been helpful to at least be pointed in a direction to get this type of information.
elizaeliza's review
3.0
I was so thrilled at the novelty of finding that Blossom had written a parenting book that I looked high and low in the library for someone I could share the lol with.... Alas, there was no one up for conspiratorial eye contact, and with self-serve checkouts I couldn't even engage a librarian...
As a source of information it is.... ok, I guess? Some of it I find outright wacky - anti-vax, anti-medicine, much of it sounds like just too much strain on the mother, and I always wonder about the place of other adults in Attachment Parenting... Yeah, not for me, but an educational insight into the choices other people make.
As a source of information it is.... ok, I guess? Some of it I find outright wacky - anti-vax, anti-medicine, much of it sounds like just too much strain on the mother, and I always wonder about the place of other adults in Attachment Parenting... Yeah, not for me, but an educational insight into the choices other people make.
jesssicawho's review
2.0
I guess I'm kind of an attachment parent. I didn't set out to be, because I didn't set out to be anything except a loving and nurturing mom. It just so happens that I follow a lot of the guidelines of attachment parenting. I picked this book up because I thought it would be interesting to read about another mother's experiences raising her children the AP way and I like to peek into the lives of celebrities.
This book fell a little flat. Bialik tries to do a few things: write a how-to for attachment parenting, provide a scientific rationale for why AP is better than other parenting methods, and share personal stories of her parenting experiences. She does a little of each but none extremely well.
Also I do have to admit that I stopped reading after she revealed that her children are not vaccinated (and as far as I can tell, it's not because they are immunocompromised). PhD or no, she lost credibility at that point.
This book fell a little flat. Bialik tries to do a few things: write a how-to for attachment parenting, provide a scientific rationale for why AP is better than other parenting methods, and share personal stories of her parenting experiences. She does a little of each but none extremely well.
Also I do have to admit that I stopped reading after she revealed that her children are not vaccinated (and as far as I can tell, it's not because they are immunocompromised). PhD or no, she lost credibility at that point.
phlutey's review
5.0
Overlooking a few spelling and grammatical errors, this is a wonderful book about attachment parenting that I only wish I had read sooner! I disagree on some aspects such as medicine but even that section made me rethink what I would normally do for myself or my child in terms of heading straight for the paracetamol at the first sight of pain! Also starting elimination communication (a way of gently potty training earlier than typical) as she presents a very compelling argument for this method - such as the advertising that has gone into us as a society thinking we must use nappies until kids are verbal - I think she said that Pampers came up with that one! Definitely recommend if you are interested in attachment parenting.