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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Parenting decisions are hard to make.
Chapter 3: Economics can help us see that parenting choices are personal.
Chapter 4: Economic thinking can give us a helpful structure for parenting decisions.
Chapter 5: Using the economic framework in parenting means weighing trade-offs.
Chapter 6: Using the economic framework in parenting also means judging risks.
Chapter 7: The studies guiding parenting choices are tangled by confounding factors.
Chapter 8: Big randomized controlled trials give parents the strongest evidence.
Chapter 9: Good observational research can also guide parents’ choices.
Chapter 10: Be cautious about relying on case-control studies in parenting.
Description
Cribsheet (2019) provides a unique and insightful perspective on early-childhood parenting – that of an economist. Given its focus on decision-making, cost and benefit analysis, risk assessment, and data interpretation, the academic discipline of economics provides a surprisingly useful framework for thinking about the difficult decisions that new parents have to make when raising their babies.
Who Should Listen
- Soon-to-be parents trying to think ahead about parenting decisions
- Current parents already wrestling with those decisions
- Would-be parents wondering if they want to deal with those decisions in the first place