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Title: an interesting look at childrearing attitudes of the 70s
Review: This book has some very nice ideas and supports a truly loving nurturing environment. I'm sure there are some parents who treat their children as the author describes as common in our society, but I have not witnessed it. Perhaps these attitudes were more prevalent when this book was written. I was born in 1965 and I was held almost all the time as a baby. While I appreciated the hold your baby message as well as other, I truly did not like all the conclusions that were drawn from the author's observations. In most cases she offered no supporting evidence other than her observations and I found myself thinking of numerous other causes/effects for the behaviors she described. I found her unscientific conclusions to be irresponsible and just plain silly at times. I have 2 young children and I did not feel inspired to change my childrearing methods at all by this book.
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