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I found psychology books were the most helpful for me, in particular I like Nurture by Nature. As much as MBTI is a sham, this book doesn't really try to place everyone into a little box but tries to explore the differences between personality types as it relates to parenting, using the MBTI more like reference points and understandable words than prescriptive categories.

Another good book that is interesting, though I don't agree with a lot of it, is Games People Play. This is just an interesting look into the psychology behind social interactions, it's a bit too prescriptive for my liking but it's a good resource for broadening your thinking all the same. Not really a parenting book though, but it does still explore ideas that are useful to know for parent-child interactions and a view of how they change as a child matures. Honestly, the theory at the start was the most interesting part of the book for me rather than the actual 'games'.

Not to be rude or anything, but I've been a dog walker and trainer casually for a while and honestly, positive reinforcement dog training advice is surprisingly useful. Zak George in particular is great for teaching puppies and younger dogs, and a lot of the reasoning behind why the training works is applicable to babies and toddlers, especially due to the similarities because of a communication barrier. So if you want a tongue in cheek 'parenting' book I'm sure there's something available down that avenue as well.

So, if you don't want to take a parenting course, how do you use this? Incredible Years is one of the top programs.

Incredible Years has a pretty good parenting book. Arguably the best ever.

And you may find the web site interesting.

PS: Amazon is sort of playing you. They are not making the cheaper earlier editions easy to find.

We use one in certain situations with our 2.5 year old. We live in an area with no sidewalks (boo!) and blind spots where people park etc. We go without it as much as we can, but anywhere we would hold his hand for a distance, we use his little lead. It's also come in VERY handy travelling through airports. Here's what we have: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N2G22HB/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_ELm0BbHZDV4AZ.

This has worked really well for us as a gentle reminder for him to stay close to us, so it's probably not the best for your situation since your child is much younger. I thought it may be useful for someone though.

Hmm, I guess I don't really agree (but I respect and am interested in your opinion!). My oldest is four so we are largely at the picture book stage and any book that she likes is fine with me. I suppose they are kind of curated for quality anyway because we are getting them out of the library but I'll happily read any book she wants. When we do our book run I've usually reserved a whole bunch of books some that I hope match her tastes and some that are specifically educational/worthy and then on top of that I let her choose whatever she wants from the shelves. Like for instance we got out On Earth (https://www.amazon.com/Earth-G-Brian-Karas/dp/0142410632) which is a nice picture book which goes through things like the seasons and how the earth tilts on its axis and we've read it but she prefers sillier books like Dinosaur Police (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25472526-dinosaur-police)... and that's fine. There's a heap to learn and discuss in both. As far as low quality books the worst ones I have read recently have to be the classic fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood or The Ugly Duckling. Just seem to have such a poor story structure and message compared to modern books. What would be some examples of crappy content that you'd screen out?

I absolutely love Montessori. I am a Montessori trained teacher for age 3-6 and I wholeheartedly believe in the method. This article is like a condensed version of the book Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius by Angeline Lillard! https://www.amazon.com/Montessori-Science-Angeline-Stoll-Lillard-dp-0195325265/dp/0195325265

If you do decide to go for Montessori, look for schools that are AMS or AMI accredited! I could go on and on, but let me know if you have any questions :)

Some are way less than that. Our doctor friend bought us this one for our kids. It worked just fine on our newborn.

I loved The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values by Sam Harris.

There's a a whole line of food dedicated to introducing common allergic foods to kids as young as 4mo.
What's nice about them is they're mixed in with other foods that are actually good.. because I don't know how I'd feed a baby something like shrimp.

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I recommend reading The Moral Animal. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679763996/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9ayBDbG1QDKTF

Emily Oster is also releasing a new book on parenting in April https://www.amazon.com/Cribsheet-Data-Driven-Relaxed-Parenting-Preschool-ebook/dp/B07FZPTDJ3 , looking forward to read it.