{"product_id":"the-family-firm-a-datadriven-guide-to-better-decision-making-in-the-early-school-years","title":"THE FAMILY FIRM: A DATADRIVEN GUIDE TO BETTER DECISION MAKING IN THE EARLY SCHOOL YEARS","description":"Product Description \u003cp\u003eFrom age 5 to 12, parenting decisions get more complicated and have lasting consequences. Whats the right kind of school? Should they play a sport? Whens the right time for a phone?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaking these decisions is less about finding the specific answer and more about taking the right approach. Along with these bigger questions, Oster investigates how to navigate the complexity of day-to-day family logistics. \u003ci\u003eThe Family Firm \u003c\/i\u003eis a smart and winning guide to how to think more clearly - and with less ambient stress - about the key decisions of these early years.\u003c\/p\u003e Review \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eCribsheet\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e -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. Shes right -- Alice Thomson The TimesIt couldnt 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 Daily TelegraphA huge relief from the scare stories ... \u003ci\u003eCribsheet \u003c\/i\u003eis not another call for the end of helicopter parenting or snowplow parenting or whatever kind of parenting is lighting up social media today, and its not a call to overthrow medical wisdom; its a call for parenting with context, and its freeing Washington PostBoth 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. LA TimesThe Guilt-Free, Data-Driven Guide to Parenting ... uses science and stats to cut through the confusion of raising a family ... Smart, relatable, and funny Bloomberg\u003cb\u003ePraise for Emily Oster:\u003c\/b\u003e -A revelation -- Pandora SykesI am so grateful for her work -- Amy Schumer Book Description Navigate the primary school years with best-selling author Emily Oster About the Author \u003cb\u003eEmily Oster\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of economics at Brown University and the author of \u003ci\u003eExpecting Better\u003c\/i\u003e. She spoke at the 2007 TED conference and has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e. Oster is married to economist Jesse Shapiro and is also the daughter of two economists. She has two children.","brand":"Souvenir Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877820686534,"sku":"DADAX1788165853","price":11.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/710SelxOgxS.jpg?v=1779677556","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/the-family-firm-a-datadriven-guide-to-better-decision-making-in-the-early-school-years","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}