Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool (The ParentData Book 2)

by Emily Oster

For example, when we left the hospital, the doctors told us to keep mittens over Penelope’s hands so she wouldn’t scratch herself. But when my mother came to visit, she told us that if we did this, Penelope would never learn to use her hands.