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The Family Firm by Emily Oster
The instant New York Times bestseller * A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of the Year"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." -Good Morning America
From the bestselling author of Expecting Better and Cribsheet, the next step in data driven parenting from economist Emily Oster.
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. But we live with the consequences of our decisions for much longer. What's the right kind of school and at what age should a particular kid start? How do you encourage a healthy diet? Should kids play a sport and how seriously? How do you think smartly about encouraging children's independence? Along with these bigger questions, Oster investigates how to navigate the complexity of day-to-day family logistics.
Making these decisions is less about finding the specific answer and more about taking the right approach. Parents of this age are often still working in baby mode, which is to say, under stress and on the fly. That is a classic management problem, and Oster takes a page from her time as a business school professor at the University of Chicago to show us that thoughtful business process can help smooth out tough family decisions.
The Family Firm is a smart and winning guide to how to think clearly--and with less ambient stress--about the key decisions of the elementary school years.
Parenting is a full-time job. It's time we start treating it like one.
Emily Oster is a Brown University professor of economics and the author of Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting from Newborn to Preschool. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Esquire, and she spoke at the 2007 TED conference. Oster is the daughter of two economists and is married to Jesse Shapiro, an economist. She is the mother of two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781984881779 |
| ISBN 10 | 1984881779 |
| Title | The Family Firm |
| Author | Emily Oster |
| Series | The Parentdata Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2022-08-02 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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