Zero to Five: 70 Essential Parenting Tips Based on Science

Spend more time sleeping. Spend less time reading up on pregnancy, baby sleep, picky eaters, child development, potty training, toddler tantrums, and positive discipline.

In Zero to Five: 70 Essential Parenting Tips Based on Science, journalist Tracy Cutchlow cuts to the chase. You get practical, lively, bite-sized chunks on the best parenting research.

Zero to Five draws on scientific research from a wide range of experts, including Diana Baumrind (parenting styles), Dimitri Christakis (screen time), Adele Diamond (neuroscience and executive function), Carol Dweck (growth mindset), Alison Gopnik (child psychology), John Gottman (marriage and conflict resolution), Megan McClelland (executive function), Patricia Kuhl (language acquisition), Ellyn Satter (feeding children), Dan Siegel (emotions), Paul Torrance (creative thinking), Grover Whitehurst (literacy and reading comprehension), and more.

Then Cutchlow makes it all readable, for that 2-minute break you’ve got during your sleep-deprived day. Zero to Five is the book she wished she had as a new mom.

This parenting book is for you

...if you want solid, not trendy, information―studies that have stood the test of time

…if you are new to parenting or looking for new ideas

…if you want real-world examples of applying the research: not just what but how

…if you are tired of time-outs, bribing, and counting to 3

…if you want word-for-word examples for responding to tantrums, hitting, biting, not sharing, talking back, and not listening

…if you are worried about television and screen time

…if you want to do things differently than your parents did

...if you work with families as a professional and need evidence-based resources (pediatricians, parent educators, child-care providers, home visitors, and family therapists all rate Zero to Five highly)

…if you want to enjoy parenting, not just survive it

Zero to Five is your quick and easy guide to the best practices in parenting. Learn more at www.zerotofive.net

Tracy Cutchlow is a journalist and the editor of the bestselling books bestselling books Brain Rules for Baby and Brain Rules. Her writing on parenting has appeared in publications from the Huffington Post to the Washington Post. She lives in Seattle with her husband and daughter.