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Title: Do Parents Matter?
Subtitle: Why Japanese Babies Sleep Soundly, Mexican Siblings Don't Fight, and American Families Should Just Relax
Author: Robert A. LeVine, Sarah LeVine
Narrator: Joe Knezevich
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-19-17
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Self Development, Parenting
Publisher's Summary:
When it comes to parenting, more isn't always better - but it is always more tiring.
In Japan, a boy sleeps in his parents' bed until age 10, but still shows independence in all other areas of his life. In rural India, toilet training begins one month after infants are born and is accomplished with little fanfare. In Paris, parents limit the amount of agency they give their toddlers. In America, parents grant them ever more choices, independence, and attention.
Given our approach to parenting, is it any surprise that American parents are too frequently exhausted?
Over the course of nearly 50 years, Robert and Sarah LeVine have conducted a groundbreaking, worldwide study of how families work. They have consistently found that children can be happy and healthy in a wide variety of conditions, not just the effort-intensive, cautious environment so many American parents drive themselves crazy trying to create. While there is always another news article or scientific fad proclaiming the importance of some factor or other, it's easy to miss the bigger picture: that children are smarter, more resilient, and more independent than we give them credit for.
Do Parents Matter? is an eye-opening look at the world of human nurture, one with profound lessons for the way we think about our families.
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Critic Reviews:
"From birth onward, humans distinguish themselves as Earth's most adaptable mammal. Robert A. and Sarah LeVine combine decades of observation with absorbing storytelling to reveal the near-infinite variation of paths to a healthy adulthood. Do Parents Matter? is a must-read for students of human development and concerned parents alike." (Sam Wang, Professor of Neuroscience, Princeton University, and coauthor, Welcome to Your Child's Brain)
"It took two accomplished (and married) anthropologists, Robert A. LeVine and Sarah LeVine, to synthesize years of research spanning the globe, then ask the basic question in the title of their new book: Do Parents Matter?...a well-informed argument." (Dan Saltzstein, New York Times Book Review)
"An intriguing assessment of the effectiveness of a variety of global parenting customs." (Kirkus Reviews)
Members Reviews:
A Worthwhile Anthropological Survey of Birth and Child Rearing Practices Across Several Cultures
The book title was likely written by marketing managers. Ignore it.
The book compares selected birth and child rearing practices taken from a small sample African, Asian and Western cultures. The selection demonstrates that kids able to thrive under a wide variety of cultural practices. This suggests that that exacting standards popularized for parents in the US may be ill-conceived.
Writing style: Engaging rather then overly academic
Range of examples: A modest range. This is not a survey of practices around the world.
Is the book repetitive: No. Unlike may parenting books, this one does not suffer from excess filler
Authoritative: The authors are established Anthropologists. This should be understood as an anthropology text rather than a strict pediatric or psychiatric text.