Synopses & Reviews
In this eye-opening, witty book, an award-winning scientist offers his unorthodox but highly engaged approach to childrearingand#8212;and reveals groundbreaking research and strategies to produce creative and confident children.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;If youand#8217;re like many parents, you might ask family and friends for advice when faced with important decisions about how to raise your kids. You might even turn to parenting books or simply rely on timeworn religious or cultural traditions. But when Dalton Conley, a dual-discipline scientist and full-blown nerd, needed childrearing advice, he turned to scientific research to make the big decisions. A frequent contributor to andlt;Iandgt;Theandlt;/Iandgt; andlt;Iandgt;New York Timesandlt;/Iandgt;,andlt;Iandgt; andlt;/Iandgt;theandlt;Iandgt; Los Angeles Timesandlt;/Iandgt;,andlt;Iandgt; Salonandlt;/Iandgt;,andlt;Iandgt; andlt;/Iandgt;andandlt;Iandgt; Fortuneandlt;/Iandgt;, Conley found that as long as you maintain a high level of involvement with your children, they will end up happy, confident, and resilient.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Emboldened by his keen understanding of cutting-edge research, Conley made a series of unorthodox parenting moves. Just to name a few: He bribed his kids to do math because a study in Mexico indicated that conditional cash transfers improved kidsand#8217; educational achievement. He gave his children weird names to teach them impulse control because evidence shows that kids with unusual names learn not to react when their peers tease them. Conley tries a placebo on his son when the school wants to medicate him for ADHD because evidence shows placebo effects are almost as big as those of the actual drugs.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Parentologyandlt;/Iandgt; hilariously reports the results of Conleyand#8217;s experiments as a father, showing that ultimately, what matters most is love and engagement. He teaches you everything you need to know about the latest literature on parentingand#8212;with lessons that go down easy. Youand#8217;ll be laughing and learning at the same time.
Review
and#8220;Parentology is brilliant, jaw-droppingly funny, and full of wisdomand#8212;backed up by the latest scientific studies. Dalton Conley is one of the most talented writers of his generation, and this mesmerizing book is bound to change your thinking about parenting and its conventions.and#8221;
Review
and#8220;Honest, smart, and strangeand#8230;.In this half-memoir, half-experiment, Dalton Conley rattles the data, and some surprising things fall out.and#8221;
Synopsis
In this eye-opening, witty book, an award-winning scientist offers his unorthodox but highly engaged approach to childrearingand#8212;and reveals groundbreaking research and strategies to produce creative and confident children.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;All parenting is about experimenting (whether you know it or not).andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;It begins on the day our kids start to teethe, as we do backflips to distract them from the pain, and continues all the way through their teenage years, when we bribe them with video games to extract a few minutes of math. Now comes a book from a real scientist who has taken that experiand#173;mentation further and deployed every last piece of data on his own kids so that the rest of us can benefit from the results.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Emboldened by his keen understanding of cutting-edge research, Dalton Conley makes a series of unorthodox parenting moves. Just to name a few: He bribes his kids to do math because a study in Mexico indicates that conditional cash transfers improve kidsand#8217; educational achievement. He gives his children weird names to teach them impulse control because evidence shows that kids with unusual names learn not to react when their peers tease them. Conley tries a placebo on his son when the school wants to medicate him for ADHD, because studies prove the placebo effects are almost as big as those of the actual drugs.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;iandgt;Parentologyandlt;/iandgt; hilariously reports the results of Conleyand#8217;s experiments as a father, demonstrating that, ultimately, what matters most is love and engagement. He teaches you everything you need to know about the latest literature on parentingand#8212;with lessons that go down easy. Youand#8217;ll be laughing and learning at the same time.
About the Author
Dalton Conleyandlt;bandgt; andlt;/bandgt;is University Professor at New York University. Conley holds a BA from UC Berkeley, an MPA and a PhD in Sociology from Columbia University, and an MS and PhD in Biology from NYU. He lives in New York City.