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Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool QUOTES

21 " Your choices can be right for you but also not necessarily the best choices for other people. Why? You are not other people. Your circumstances differ. Your preferences differ. In the language of economics, your constraints differ. When "

― Emily Oster , Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

22 " parenting is much more about the child than about the parent. "

― Emily Oster , Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

23 " If I choose not to breastfeed, I don’t want to acknowledge that there are even small possible benefits to breastfeeding. So I encamp myself in the position that breastfeeding is a waste of time. On the other side, if I spend two years taking my boobs out every three hours, I need to believe that this is what it takes to deliver a life of continued successes to my child. This is a deeply human temptation, but it is also really counterproductive. Your choices can be right for you but also not necessarily the best choices for other people. Why? You are not other people. Your circumstances differ. Your preferences differ. In the language of economics, your constraints differ. "

― Emily Oster , Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool