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Emily Oster

The Family Firm

A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years - THE INSTANT NEW YORK...

Emily Oster

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Souvenir Press Ltd
02 November 2021

Popular science; Advice on parenting; Child care & upbringing

"From age 5 to 12, parenting decisions do not come with the frequency that they do with a baby, but they are almost always more complicated. What's the right kind of school? How do you get them to eat healthily? Should they play a sport? Are you a helicopter parent, a free range parent, a tiger parent, an ostrich parent? Is that last one even a thing?

Daily logistical challenges are punctuated by big, consequential decisions that you often have no idea how to think about. Oster outlines a framework and some systems: a way to run your family a bit more like a firm, beginning with the ""Big Picture"" for your family and going on to explain ways to structure your day-to-day, and how to approach big decisions.

People will often tell you parenting is a job, albeit an underpaid one where the employees frequently tell you they hate you and you ruined their life. So maybe it's time to start treating it like one."

By: Emily Oster
Imprint: Souvenir Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9781788165853
ISBN 10: 1788165853
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 02 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emily Oster is a professor of economics at Brown University and the author of Cribsheet and Expecting Better. She spoke at the 2007 TED conference and has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Esquire. Oster is married to economist Jesse Shapiro and is also the daughter of two economists. She has two children.

Reviews for The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years - THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Praise for Emily Oster * - * A revelation -- Pandora Sykes Most parents say they want happy, well-adjusted, robust kids and there are myriad ways to achieve those results. She's right * The Times * It couldn't be more relevant ... steers clear of recommendations and cast-iron guarantees, instead promising to arm parents with information to make the decisions that are right for them * Daily Telegraph *