Family Firm (eBook)

Both refreshing and useful. With so many parenting theories driving us all a bit batty, this is the type of book that we need to help calm things down.

A guide ... to chart a child's path with less stress and more optimization for healthy habits and future success.

In my household, [Emily Oster] is the all-knowing Aunt we have never met. Parenting would be a lot more stressful without these books.

Oster offers a plethora of rational guidance for parents of kids between pre-K and middle school in this eminently practical guide.

A targeted mini-MBA program designed to help moms and dads establish best practices for day-to-day operations ... Because this is an Oster book, there's data scattered everywhere - on the development of reading skills by age ... It's all presented in the breezy, skeptical style that's made Oster's work a must-read for parents who don't have the time to investigate Finnish studies about integrating extracurriculars into the school day.

A revelation

With Oster's help, rather than fear this next stage of parenting, readers can embrace (and even enjoy) the challenge.

I am so grateful for her work

Oster's prose flows well (as usual) lightly sprinkled with the dry wit that suffuses her other books.

Emily Oster dives into the data on parenting issues, cuts through the clutter, and gives families the bottom line to help them make better decisions. Her books on pregnancy and toddlers skyrocketed her to parenting-world fame, and now she's back, crunching the numbers on topics that keep parents with school-age kids up at night.

Merging a business approach with her trademark empowering voice, Emily dispenses the stress-less advice you actually want.

It couldn't be more relevant ... steers clear of recommendations and cast-iron guarantees, instead promising to arm parents with information to make the decisions that are right for them

She has crunched all the statistics on breastfeeding, potty training, working mothers and playgroups and discovered there is no optimal set of choices that will produce the perfect child. Most parents say they want happy, well-adjusted, robust kids and there are myriad ways to achieve those results. She's right

The Guilt-Free, Data-Driven Guide to Parenting ... uses science and stats to cut through the confusion of raising a family ... Smart, relatable, and funny

Oster is a self-described data nerd, a delightful contrarian who dared question the status quo, shush the shamers and tell parents what made sense.