Title: Useful advice, but instils fear and uncertainty
Product review: I have both What to Expect in the Toddler Years and What to Expect in the First Year. While both books offer useful advice, too often the advice was fear-mongering and alarmist. "If you do not do this for your child, he/she will do/become this..." One "sound" bit of advice asserted that if your child cries as you head off to work, he is simply manipulating you. Often the advice is to push your child aggressively towards independence, a sentiment I found quite "American."I would balance these books with the level-headed advice of Penelope Leach's Your Baby and Child, or Martha Pieper's Smart Love.
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