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Eat This Book
September 8, 2009 | Comments Off
At last, a parenting book about the things you don’t need to freak out about. Look, if you’re a parent these days  you know what I am talking about: Your helmeted child cannot be left on his tot-bike by himself long enough for you to poke your head into the kitchen to grab him a peanut-free sugar-free wheat-free soy-free sandwich. It’s tough these days to sort through all the dangers to find out what really is an actual danger. Note: Of course, if your babe is allergic to peanuts, spoon feeding him peanut butter from the jar qualifies as a real danger! But generally, when you compare childhood now to childhood in say, the 1970′s, I’ll bet your rollerskates that things are a lot less free and fun for our little ones than they were for us.
Remember, God made dirt and dirt can’t hurt (in fact, they say a little dirt helps build the immune system and can lessen the risk for developing allergies in the first place: see The Hygiene Hypothesis) – unless that dirt happens to be laced with lead paint chips from grandpa’s decrepit old fence out back, or is eaten in bulk in various mud pies on a daily basis (that behavior is called “pica” and it’s worth a doctor visit.)
Moderation is my mama mantra.
From BoingBoing – A Directory of Wonderful Things:
If Your Kid Eats This Book, Everything Will Still Be Okay – parenting book full of things you don’t need to worry about – Posted by Cory Doctorow
When we found out Alice was pregnant, we wrote to all our friends who had recently had their first kids and said, “What’s your one tip-top piece of advice for parents-to-be?” My second-favorite piece of advice came from Stewart Butterfield, who said “Buy one parenting book. Only one. It doesn’t matter which.” (My favorite piece came from John Henson, who said, “Agree with everything she says.”)
If I had to choose just one book — I cheated and read several — I think it would be this one: If Your Kid Eats This Book, Everything Will Still Be Okay: How to Know if Your Child’s Injury or Illness Is Really an Emergency, by the paediatrician Lara Zibners.
Apart from a terrific title, the book has plenty going for it…
Click here to read the complete review.
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