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When award-winning economist Emily Oster was a mom-to-be herself, she evaluated the data behind the accepted rules of pregnancy, and discovered that most are often misguided and some are just flat-out wrong. Debunking myths and explaining everything from the real effects of caffeine to the surprising dangers of gardening, Expecting Better is the book for every pregnant woman who wants to enjoy a healthy and relaxed pregnancy.

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 great challenge: decision-making in the early years of parenting.

In Expecting Better, Emily Oster revolutionized the pregnancy landscape with her data-driven approach. In the years since, she kept hearing questions from readers on how to approach a second pregnancy when the first has not gone as planned. The Unexpected is a book that Oster hopes no one needs—but in reality, 50 percent of pregnancies include complications, and we don’t talk about it.

In The Family Firm, Brown professor of economics and mom of two Emily Oster offers a classic business school framework for data-driven parents to think more deliberately about the key issues of the elementary years: school, health, extracurricular activities, and more. Unlike the hourly challenges of infant parenting, the big questions in this age come up less frequently.

Parenting is full of decisions, nearly all of which can be agonised over. There is an abundance of often conflicting advice hurled at you from doctors, family, friends and strangers on the internet. 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 and offers non-judgemental ways to consider our options in light of the facts.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Family Firm comes a practical exploration on how second (and later) pregnancies can feel different to the first time around. On what can feel like uneven terrain, navigating or planning a pregnancy after complications can plunge you into an unfamiliar world of decision making; conversations with medical providers can be hard and scary, and with a lack of information given to you, it can feel like you aren't given any choices about what happens to you at all.

Cualquier madre o padre primerizo sabe que amigos, familiares, médicos y hasta extraños en internet lanzan una gran cantidad de consejos, a menudo contradictorios, sobre la crianza de tu bebé. Desde los primeros días, los padres deben tomar muchas decisiones -lactancia, vacunas, horarios para dormir, elegir guardería- en las que cabe la posibilidad de arruinarlo todo. ¿Cómo elegir la mejor opción? ¿A quién creerle?

From age five to 12, parenting decisions get more complicated and have lasting consequences. What's the right kind of school? Should they play a sport? When's the right time for a phone? Making 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. The Family Firm is a smart and winning guide to how to think more clearly - and with less ambient stress - about the key decisions of these early years.

Der beste Ratgeber für Schwangerschaft von der New York Times-Bestsellerautorin Emily Oster. Schwangerschaft und Geburt (und Kindererziehung) gehören zu den wichtigsten und bedeutsamsten Erfahrungen, die Menschen machen können – wahrscheinlich sind es die bedeutsamsten überhaupt. Und doch haben wir oft gar nicht die Möglichkeit, unsere Entscheidungen kritisch zu überprüfen. Stattdessen erwartet man von uns, dass wir ohne Widerrede einen überwiegend willkürlichen Vorschriftenkatalog befolgen.