With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In Cribsheet, she now tackles an even greater challenge: decision-making in the early years of parenting.
As any new parent knows, there is an abundance of often-conflicting advice hurled at you from doctors, family, friends, and strangers on the internet. From the earliest days, parents get the message that they must make certain choices around feeding, sleep, and schedule or all will be lost. There's a rule—or three—for everything. 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 around breastfeeding (not a panacea), sleep training (not so bad!), potty training (wait until they're ready or possibly bribe with M&Ms), language acquisition (early talkers aren't necessarily geniuses), and many other topics. She also shows parents how to think through freighted questions like if and how to go back to work, how to think about toddler discipline, and how to have a relationship and parent at the same time.
Economics is the science of decision-making, and CRIBSHEET is a thinking parent's guide to the chaos and frequent misinformation of the early years. Emily Oster is a trained expert—and mom of two—who can empower us to make better, less fraught decisions—and stay sane in the years before preschool.
Emily Oster is a professor of economics at Brown University and the author of Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know. She was a speaker at the 2007 TED conference and her work 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.
孕期13周,把Emily Oster的两本书都读完了。本来想把这一本留到30周这样再读,但是现在也要开始考虑childcare之类的东西,于是就一口气读完了。和她的第一本书相比,这一本实在的数据少了一些,因为本来教育这一块的东西outcome measurement就很难搞,研究结论variation也很大...
评分孕期13周,把Emily Oster的两本书都读完了。本来想把这一本留到30周这样再读,但是现在也要开始考虑childcare之类的东西,于是就一口气读完了。和她的第一本书相比,这一本实在的数据少了一些,因为本来教育这一块的东西outcome measurement就很难搞,研究结论variation也很大...
评分孕期13周,把Emily Oster的两本书都读完了。本来想把这一本留到30周这样再读,但是现在也要开始考虑childcare之类的东西,于是就一口气读完了。和她的第一本书相比,这一本实在的数据少了一些,因为本来教育这一块的东西outcome measurement就很难搞,研究结论variation也很大...
评分孕期13周,把Emily Oster的两本书都读完了。本来想把这一本留到30周这样再读,但是现在也要开始考虑childcare之类的东西,于是就一口气读完了。和她的第一本书相比,这一本实在的数据少了一些,因为本来教育这一块的东西outcome measurement就很难搞,研究结论variation也很大...
评分孕期13周,把Emily Oster的两本书都读完了。本来想把这一本留到30周这样再读,但是现在也要开始考虑childcare之类的东西,于是就一口气读完了。和她的第一本书相比,这一本实在的数据少了一些,因为本来教育这一块的东西outcome measurement就很难搞,研究结论variation也很大...
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评分初翻开这本书时,我以为它会是一部沉闷的经典,但很快我就被作者那种近乎顽皮的叙事风格所吸引。它的调性是如此的活泼和富有弹性,总能在严肃的主题和轻快的笔触之间找到一个完美的平衡点。书中的转折处理得非常自然,没有丝毫的刻意感,这一点非常考验作者的功力。我喜欢它那种带着一丝狡黠的幽默感,总能在不经意间逗得我哈哈大笑,但笑过之后,又会留下一些值得深思的东西。这种“笑中带泪”或者说“寓教于乐”的手法,使得阅读过程充满了惊喜和愉悦。对于那些希望在阅读中获得放松和启发的朋友们,这本书绝对不会让你失望,它就像一位风趣幽默的朋友在你耳边低语。
评分这本书的想象力之丰富,简直令人叹为观止。作者构建的世界观宏大而又精致,细节之处充满了令人拍案叫绝的创意。我尤其欣赏作者在处理复杂概念时所展现出的清晰逻辑,尽管背景设定天马行空,但其内在的规则却自洽且严密,这使得读者可以完全信任作者的引导,放心地探索这个奇妙的领域。阅读过程中,我的脑海中不断浮现出各种画面,仿佛亲身参与了书中所描绘的冒险。这不仅仅是一次阅读,更是一次精神上的远征。它成功地激发了我对未知事物的好奇心和探索欲,让我重新认识到文学作品在拓展思维边界上的巨大潜力。
评分坦率地说,这本书的文字功底着实令人惊叹,其语言的张力与表现力达到了一个相当高的水准。我很少能在一本书中看到如此精准且富有韵律感的表达,仿佛每一个词语都经过了千锤百炼,恰到好处地契合了其所要传达的情感与意境。它不仅仅是在讲述一个故事,更像是在构建一个独立于现实之外的、逻辑自洽的微观世界。阅读过程中,我常常需要停下来反复品味某些句子,感受其中蕴含的深层含义。这本书的魅力在于它的厚重感,那种经得起反复推敲的质感,让它超越了一般的消遣读物,成为了一部值得收藏和细品的文学作品。对于追求语言艺术的读者来说,这无疑是一场盛宴。
评分Good deterrence for non-parent
评分实用,但是最后几章实在是数据不够写得好仓促
评分Good deterrence for non-parent
评分不愧是经济学家写的育儿书,摆数据讲道理,以数据为基础分析各项问题或者具有争议之事的优劣等等。并不指导你如何带娃,而是讲明决策因子和决策框架,毕竟”The data is the same for us all, but the decisions are yours alone. “
评分送给待产朋友的礼物。作者是Brown的经济学家,这种用正经科学研究说话的育儿书比“经验之谈”靠谱多了,而且给新父母的take-away是:不用担心,没那么严重,那些口口相传新妈妈必须做的事情其实没那么要紧
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