You Can't F*ck Up Your Kids: A Judgment-Free Guide to Stress-Free Parenting

You Can't F*ck Up Your Kids: A Judgment-Free Guide to Stress-Free Parenting

by Lindsay Powers
You Can't F*ck Up Your Kids: A Judgment-Free Guide to Stress-Free Parenting

You Can't F*ck Up Your Kids: A Judgment-Free Guide to Stress-Free Parenting

by Lindsay Powers

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Overview

Cribsheet meets The Sh!t No One Tells You in this no-holds-barred, judgment-free parenting guide that sets the record straight on every hot-button parenting topic by longtime journalist and founder of the viral #NoShameParenting movement.

What if you could do more for your kids, by doing a whole lot less?

Parenting today has become a competitive sport, and it seems that everyone is losing. From the very moment that little line turns blue, parents-to-be find themselves in a brave new world where every decision they make is fraught, every action they take is judged, and everything they do seems to be the wrong thing.

Formula feed? Breast is best.
Breastfeed in public? That’s indecent.
Cry it out? You’re causing permanent harm to your child.
Don’t sleep train? Your child will never learn to sleep on his or her own.
Stay home? You’re setting a bad example for your kids.
Go back to work? Don’t you love your kids more than your job?

Lindsay Powers—former editor-in-chief of Yahoo! Parenting, creator of the #NoShameParenting movement, and mom of two—is here to help parents everywhere breathe a collective sigh of relief. This laugh-out-loud funny, accessible, and reassuring book sets the record straight on all of the insane conflicts that parents face—from having a glass of wine while pregnant to sleep training, childcare, feeding, and even sex after baby.

Drawing on the latest research and delivered in a relatable, comforting voice, You Can’t F*ck Up Your Kids demonstrates that it is possible to take the stress out of parenting and sit back and enjoy the ride.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781982110130
Publisher: Atria Books
Publication date: 03/31/2020
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 648,625
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.38(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Lindsay Powers is a longtime journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York magazine, Us Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, Cosmopolitan, CBS Mornings, Good Morning America, Today, CNN, and many other nationwide outlets. She was the founding editor-in-chief of Yahoo! Parenting and the lifestyle editorial director there. Lindsay, who created the viral #NoShameParenting movement, lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two young sons.

Table of Contents

Introduction It's Time for #NoShameParenting 1

Chapter 1 Drink a Little Wine! Why It's Okay to Break Most of the Pregnancy "Rules" 11

Chapter 2 C-Section vs. "Natural": Why the Way We Give Birth Shouldn't Be a Competition 31

Chapter 3 Protein Is Protein: Breastfeeding, Formula, and Why It Doesn't Really Matter Which One You Choose 59

Chapter 4 Knock Yourself Out: Letting Your Kid Cry Himself to Sleep Won't Ruin His Life (And It May Save Yours) 79

Chapter 5 You Don't Have to Be Mary Poppins: Why Your Kid Will Be Fine If They Go to Daycare (or Don't) 99

Chapter 6 Time Out! How to Discipline Without Losing Your Sh*t (Or Your Kid) 121

Chapter 7 Embrace Technology: There's Literally No Way We Can Keep Our Kids Off Screens Anyway 145

Chapter 8 Technically, French Fries Are a Vegetable: How to Get Meals on the Table and Make Dinnertime Less Stressful 171

Chapter 9 Busting the Myth of "Having It All": It Doesn't Exist (So Can We Stop Saying It, Please?) 197

Chapter 10 Get It On: How Much Sex Everyone Is Really Having After Kids 231

Chapter 11 There's No Such Thing as Normal: Embrace Your Family's Situation (Even If You Didn't Choose It) 245

Epilogue The Bottom Line: Seriously, You Can't F*ck Up Your Kids 263

Acknowledgments 269

Notes 273

Index 295

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