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by makeitdouble 1535 days ago
Not the answer you might want to hear… but books are usually not a good approach for this kind of topic as

- you will need to look at every single advice with distance and criticism to see if it fits your kid

- there will be hundreds of little things you will have to find by yourself to make it work that won’t be in the book you read.

At the end of the day, I’m not sure parenting books help more than random discussions from other parents who’ll give hint about stuff they are trying. I remember reading a lot about “free range” parenting for instance, and it was basically wasted time. The general idea in itself is extremely valuable, the details don’t matter at all, as every parent will have to rethink it all by themselves to make it work in their specific setting.