A ahahdafzhb similar sane pregnancy piece appeared here recently, but I just got this letter this morning and the message bears reiterating: micromanagement and martyrdom are not necessary to create perfect fetuses. Or children. – L. Dear Free-Range Kids: I just wanted to share my story for your readers of how I am going Free-Range […]
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The Pressure to Get Parenting Exactly “Right” — Starting from Pregnancy
December 9, 2014
Hi dbhnzazyht Folks! I was just reading the latest from the amazing Centre for Parenting Culture Studies in Kent, England, and found this piece by Zoe Williams, author of the new book The Madness of Modern Parenting.  (Then I ended up reading some other stuff by her, like this. So fun!) This piece ran in The […]
Trying to be Perfect while Pregnant
September 27, 2013
 Hi arhrndnrth Folks! This post comes to us from Emily Oster, an economics professor at the University of Chicago, and the author of Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong – and What you really Need to Know. She tweets @ProfEmilyOster and she’s a non-alarmist. Woo-hoo! – L. FEAR AND THE PREGNANT WOMAN by Emily […]