Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster

4.08 AVERAGE

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kboulden's review against another edition

1.5
informative lighthearted medium-paced
I didn’t learn anything, and I think the desire to find concrete answers might actually be contributing to parent anxiety overall. This book was recommended to me as the parenting book to end all parenting books but I would strongly recommend “Hunt, Gather, Parent” for the scientifically and anthropologically curious 

kcheek's review against another edition

5.0
informative medium-paced
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hjack163's review against another edition

4.0
informative reflective medium-paced

mccleark's review against another edition

5.0
hopeful informative fast-paced

purplerose78's review against another edition

3.0
Hmm. This was a fast read in the fits and spurts that I read it. Very easy to understand.

But it didn’t hit home for me quite as much as Expecting Better. Perhaps because I read Expecting Better when I pregnant with my first so everything was very relevant? And now I have a 4 & 2 year old and am past a lot of the topics in this book?

alisongowans's review against another edition

3.5
informative fast-paced

devynne12's review against another edition

3.75
hopeful informative slow-paced

messyheart's review against another edition

4.5
hopeful informative fast-paced

waltclyde's review against another edition

3.0
informative medium-paced

tpei's review against another edition

5.0
A very comprehensive book on some of the most pressing issues young parent face in the first couple of years, what approaches to solving them exist, and which way the data points. I greatly appreciate the data-driven approach employed by Oster, and how critical she is in accepting research "findings", especially since many of the other parenting books out there are highly anecdotal.
Beware that in many instances the data can't answer the question sufficiently and you will be left to make your own decision after all :)