The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years
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- Author：Emily Oster
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Summary
From the bestselling author of CRIBSHEET and EXPECTING BETTER， the next step in data driven parenting from economist Emily Oster
In The Family Firm， Brown professor of economics and mom of two Emily Oster offers a classic business school framework for data-driven parents to think more deliberately about the key issues of the elementary years: school， health， extracurricular activities， and more。
Unlike the hourly challenges of infant parenting， the big questions in this age come up less frequently。 But we live with the consequences of our decisions for much longer。 What's the right kind of school and at what age should a particular kid start？ How do you encourage a healthy diet？ Should kids play a sport and how seriously？ How do you think smartly about encouraging children's independence？ Along with these bigger questions， Oster investigates how to navigate the complexity of day-to-day family logistics。
Making these decisions is less about finding the specific answer and more about taking the right approach。 Parents of this age are often still working in baby mode， which is to say， under stress and on the fly。 That is a classic management problem， and Oster takes a page from her time as a business school professor at the University of Chicago to show us that thoughtful business process can help smooth out tough family decisions。
The Family Firm is a smart and winning guide to how to think clearly--and with less ambient stress--about the key decisions of the elementary school years。
We all know parenting is a full-time job， so maybe it's time we start treating it like one。
In The Family Firm， Brown professor of economics and mom of two Emily Oster offers a classic business school framework for data-driven parents to think more deliberately about the key issues of the elementary years: school， health， extracurricular activities， and more。
Unlike the hourly challenges of infant parenting， the big questions in this age come up less frequently。 But we live with the consequences of our decisions for much longer。 What's the right kind of school and at what age should a particular kid start？ How do you encourage a healthy diet？ Should kids play a sport and how seriously？ How do you think smartly about encouraging children's independence？ Along with these bigger questions， Oster investigates how to navigate the complexity of day-to-day family logistics。
Making these decisions is less about finding the specific answer and more about taking the right approach。 Parents of this age are often still working in baby mode， which is to say， under stress and on the fly。 That is a classic management problem， and Oster takes a page from her time as a business school professor at the University of Chicago to show us that thoughtful business process can help smooth out tough family decisions。
The Family Firm is a smart and winning guide to how to think clearly--and with less ambient stress--about the key decisions of the elementary school years。
We all know parenting is a full-time job， so maybe it's time we start treating it like one。
Reviews
Susan Rigetti
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I absolutely loved this book。 I’m very into planning and organization for my own work and my own personal goals， and I’ve been trying to find a way to be more organized about family life。 This book has a really useful framework for organizing and planning family life and kid things — including helpful worksheets — both for big picture stuff and the day to day。 It’s supposed to be for school aged children but my kids are 3 years old and 3 months old and I’m already putting much of this book into I absolutely loved this book。 I’m very into planning and organization for my own work and my own personal goals， and I’ve been trying to find a way to be more organized about family life。 This book has a really useful framework for organizing and planning family life and kid things — including helpful worksheets — both for big picture stuff and the day to day。 It’s supposed to be for school aged children but my kids are 3 years old and 3 months old and I’m already putting much of this book into practice。 。。。more
Cari
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I am a big fan of Emily Oster and recommend everything she writes， particularly EXPECTING BETTER。 I was excited to have an advanced reader copy of this book through Edelweiss。 When Oster's last book， CRIBSHEET， came out， my children were already both past the stages covered， so I didn't read it。 But as my children are both elementary aged， I dove right into this one。 Oster gives a framework for families to make difficult decisions， plus the usual data and statistics to help with some of those ch I am a big fan of Emily Oster and recommend everything she writes， particularly EXPECTING BETTER。 I was excited to have an advanced reader copy of this book through Edelweiss。 When Oster's last book， CRIBSHEET， came out， my children were already both past the stages covered， so I didn't read it。 But as my children are both elementary aged， I dove right into this one。 Oster gives a framework for families to make difficult decisions， plus the usual data and statistics to help with some of those choices。 While the section on using Google Docs and Calendar was old hat to me - my kids had calendars and schedules before they were born - if you are new to this way of planning， it is really helpful。 I also thought the parts explaining different studies were fascinating， and Oster's dry humor makes this book more than chapter after chapter of statistics。 Not every reader will gravitate to this kind of parenting book， but it's a good choice to have in any library collection。 。。。more
Kady
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I love Emily's books and this one is no exception。 It really opened my eyes to a new way to run a family， and considering I am new at the game， I really appreciate a different viewpoint。 I love Emily's books and this one is no exception。 It really opened my eyes to a new way to run a family， and considering I am new at the game， I really appreciate a different viewpoint。 。。。more
Kara
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