The Family Firm Quotes

“It is not that kids from stable families are bullied less—that may be true”
― Emily Oster, The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

“No matter what you do”
― Emily Oster, The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

“Based on the data in the previous graph”
― Emily Oster, The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

“You can certainly find products that tell you your baby can learn to read. They can’t! Science has proven it.33 Please”
― Emily Oster, The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

“Beyond this”
― Emily Oster, The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

“The data tells us some interesting but not”
― Emily Oster, The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

“Studies have argued that kids whose parents are very heavily involved (especially when the kids are actually in college) have less autonomy and are less engaged with their peers.8 This work suggests that kids who are parented in this way are more likely to experience anxiety and even abuse pain medication.9 One study of three hundred college students showed that students who perceived their parents to be overly involved helicopter types were more likely to be depressed.10”
― Emily Oster, The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

“But to the extent that they draw conclusions”
― Emily Oster, The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

“Relative to those kids who had family dinner 0 to 1 times a week”
― Emily Oster, The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

“Family dinner is a significant undertaking. If you want to eat together every night at”
― Emily Oster, The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

“On top of that”
― Emily Oster, The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

“There are a few ways. A child who is well rested should not feel sleepy during the day or be falling asleep in class. When they go to bed”
― Emily Oster, The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

“In 2015”
― Emily Oster, The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years