87. Cribsheet with Emily Oster

Apr 23, 2019

Dr. Emily Oster, an award-winning economist and author, shares insights from her new book on relaxed parenting strategies. She discusses the importance of balancing scientific research with personal values. Topics include the truth about breastfeeding myths, the evidence behind effective sleep training, and the impact of working outside the home on children. Emily also offers practical advice for childcare decisions, emphasizing that informed, individualized choices can significantly reduce parenting anxiety.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Data-Driven Parenting Insights

02:11 • 20min

Breastfeeding: Myths, Challenges, and Societal Pressures

21:48 • 10min

Understanding Sleep Training for Children

31:28 • 7min

Evaluating Infant Sleep Location Recommendations

38:54 • 4min

Navigating Parenting Risks: Informed Decision-Making in Sleep Choices

42:50 • 2min

Navigating Parenting Choices

45:11 • 16min

Navigating Parenting with Data and Resilience

01:01:04 • 2min

Dr. Emily Oster joins Yael to discuss her new book, a-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool. Emily discusses how data and decision-making strategies can guide better and more relaxed parenting during the early years of parenthood. Join us to discover reassuring ideas and practices to address the biggest and most anxiety-provoking questions you have about parenting. Listen to hear more about: A two-step approach to making good parenting choices (hint—scientific findings and your personal preferences both matter!)Whether breast is really best (or whether we should give it a rest)What science (versus your judgy neighbor) says about sleep training, location, and positionDoes working outside the home negatively impact your children?How to make good choices for childcare without losing your mindThe best parenting advice Emily ever received Dr. Emily Oster About Dr. Emily Oster: Emily is an award-winning economist, professor at Brown University, Ted speaker, author, and mother of two. Emily’s just-released book, Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool is a follow-up to her bestselling book, Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong—and What You Really Need to Know). Cribsheet provides the hard science behind so many parenting questions we all have using both research data and decision-making strategies drawn from economics. In our interview, Emily walks us through some of the biggest minefields in parenting, including sleep training, breast-feeding, and working versus stay-at-home parenting. Her humor and warmth in bringing the data to parents will provide helpful direction and reassurance as you travel the journey of the early years of parenting. Resources: Cribsheet: A data-driven guide to better, more relaxed parenting, from birth to preschool, by Emily OsterExpecting Better: Why the conventional wisdom is wrong—and what you really need to know, by Emily OsterEmily’s New York Times excerpt from Cribsheet.Emily’s interview with AP News, covering several of the topics from Cribsheet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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