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Parenting can feel like moving into a new life overnight—one filled with love, uncertainty, and a constant stream of opinions. This narration reframes the early months and years with a steady, supportive voice: you may not control everything, but you can make choices that fit your own family.

Drawing on Emily Oster’s data-minded approach, these chapters walk through the real decisions parents face—hospital routines, newborn sleep and crying, feeding, toddler milestones, screen time, and childcare or returning to work. The focus isn’t on “one right way,” but on weighing evidence, noticing what works, and letting go of guilt.

• New or expecting parents who feel anxious or flooded by conflicting parenting advice and want a calmer way to decide.
• Parents navigating feeding, sleep, childcare, or work decisions and looking for reassurance that thoughtful choices can look different from one family to another.

Emily Oster is a bestselling author known for bringing data and clear reasoning to everyday family decisions. Her work encourages parents to look beyond pressure and panic, weigh evidence when it helps, and choose what fits their own lives and values.