A review by wordmaster
The Informed Parent: A Science-Based Resource for Your Child's First Four Years by Emily Willingham, Tara Haelle

3.0

Exhaustive, but not exhausting. You can use this book in place of a Google search to find very recent data (generally 2012 and newer) on a wide range of topics that weigh on every parent's mind. The tone is matter-of-fact and the authors do a good job of maintaining impartiality on each topic. And far from a dry, monotonous data dump, the authors write with a stylish flair that keeps the energy up. It seemed cumbersome to read cover-to-cover but very accessible for skipping around to answer pertinent questions as they arose, despite a tendency to refer to previous families and/or case studies covered in preceding chapters.

3 stars out of 5.