The 'Over-Parenting Crisis' in School and at Home (2015)

Re:The 'Over-Parenting Crisis' in School and at Home (2015) by dragonwriter on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @12:11PM (#17602365)

> My dad's always saying "There's no book on parenting."

This is both literally factually wrong and basically correct in its underlying message.

There are, of course, very many books on parenting and very many being published every day. What there isn't, though, is something correct, clear, authoritative, comprehensive, accessible, and easily filtered out by the layman from the noise of all the stuff published which meets none of those criteria.

Perhaps more on point, there's no general education on parenting.

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Re:The 'Over-Parenting Crisis' in School and at Home (2015) by semafour on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @02:47PM (#17603852)

For an authoritative source, you might try "Caring for your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5", by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

https://www.amazon.com/Caring-Your-Baby-Young-Child/dp/05533...

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Re:The 'Over-Parenting Crisis' in School and at Home (2015) by dragonwriter on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @09:51AM (#17609201)

It's authoritative though less than comprehensive, and more (though, unless I'm conflating it with something else, not entirely) focussed on physical health.

But, yes, I absolutely do think it's a good one.

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