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plennard's review
4.0
I really liked this book; it's a quick read, with one entry per page and covering 10 aspects of parenting: pregnancy, babyhood, sleep, food, learning, patience, the cadre i.e parenting framework, motherhood, couple relationship and authority.
Some entries really stood out and inspired me(most of the stuff on patience, the cadre and authority), others fit the 'common sense' approach I adhere to anyway, some seemed to address a culture i am clearly not a part of (do some parents really say yes to all their children's demands?), some I disliked and/or disagreed with strongly (No 86 'Fathers are a separate species', is very patronising to men and seems to imply parenting haplessness is to be expected).
But on the whole, a little book I can recommend to people.
I will probably write a fuller review on my blog in the next few days to expand on my most and least favourite entries.
Some entries really stood out and inspired me(most of the stuff on patience, the cadre and authority), others fit the 'common sense' approach I adhere to anyway, some seemed to address a culture i am clearly not a part of (do some parents really say yes to all their children's demands?), some I disliked and/or disagreed with strongly (No 86 'Fathers are a separate species', is very patronising to men and seems to imply parenting haplessness is to be expected).
But on the whole, a little book I can recommend to people.
I will probably write a fuller review on my blog in the next few days to expand on my most and least favourite entries.
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