Every Parent's Guide to Attachment Parenting: Getting back to basic instincts!

Rating:
Summary: Good Content - Terrible Editing
Review: This is a pretty good book. I agree with Ms. Frissell-Deppe's philosophy on childrearing and I think she does have a good "over view" of attachment parenting in this book. The book is also a pretty quick read, which is nice for new parents who don't have bunches of free time. However, the editing and proofreading are terrible - the book is *full* of errors (I've found errors on almost every page). Sentence fragments, grammatical errors, spelling errors, obvious key words left out of sentences so that the reader is left wondering what exactly the author was intending to say... I haven't purchased a book this full of errors ever before (and boy, I've purchased a bunch of books in my lifetime!). This book reads much more like a first draft than something that was edited, proofread, corrected, and ready for sale. Also, some of the "real life parent" comments seem a little irrelevant or redundant (although some are interesting). I do agree with the author's premise and she is obviously passionate about attachment parenting - and the book has a good concept behind it. However, I also felt that the author came accross as extremely defensive of attachment parenting and somewhat confrontational. I think that the happy, healthy, well behaved children that result from attachment parenting speak for themselves - there is no need for defensiveness in practicing a truly *excellent* parenting style. This book needs several rewrites with attention to detail before I feel it is ready for sale to the general public. I was terribly dissappointed in the quality of the writing. The editorial errors made it difficult and frustrating for me to read. I wouldn't mind this if I had been reading the author's personal web site, but since I *paid* for this book, I expected a bit more. I suggest a revision and then the author will have a darn good guide to Attachment Parenting for the general public. Until then, I'd have to recommend "Attachment Parenting" by Granju.

Rating:
Summary: Good Content - Terrible Editing
Review: This is a pretty good book. I agree with Ms. Frissell-Deppe's philosophy on childrearing and I think she does have a good "over view" of attachment parenting in this book. The book is also a pretty quick read, which is nice for new parents who don't have bunches of free time. However, the editing and proofreading are terrible - the book is *full* of errors (I've found errors on almost every page). Sentence fragments, grammatical errors, spelling errors, obvious key words left out of sentences so that the reader is left wondering what exactly the author was intending to say... I haven't purchased a book this full of errors ever before (and boy, I've purchased a bunch of books in my lifetime!). This book reads much more like a first draft than something that was edited, proofread, corrected, and ready for sale. Also, some of the "real life parent" comments seem a little irrelevant or redundant (although some are interesting). I do agree with the author's premise and she is obviously passionate about attachment parenting - and the book has a good concept behind it. However, I also felt that the author came accross as extremely defensive of attachment parenting and somewhat confrontational. I think that the happy, healthy, well behaved children that result from attachment parenting speak for themselves - there is no need for defensiveness in practicing a truly *excellent* parenting style. This book needs several rewrites with attention to detail before I feel it is ready for sale to the general public. I was terribly dissappointed in the quality of the writing. The editorial errors made it difficult and frustrating for me to read. I wouldn't mind this if I had been reading the author's personal web site, but since I *paid* for this book, I expected a bit more. I suggest a revision and then the author will have a darn good guide to Attachment Parenting for the general public. Until then, I'd have to recommend "Attachment Parenting" by Granju.

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Summary: Typos typos!
Review: When I picked up this book, I'd already read Granju's "Attachment Parenting." In comparison, "Every Parent's Guide. . ." is very poorly written, less informative and frankly not very interesting. It *is* the only book I've come across so far that discusses non-circumsision (a topic more books should discuss!), but other than that I would recommend Granju's book instead. Unfortunately I didn't find that "Every Parent's Guide" had much to say that further informed or challenged me about parenting styles. Rather, it is a basic introduction to attachment parenting with elementary and sometimes poorly explained logic. I wish I could return mine!

Rating:
Summary: great subject - poorly written
Review: Whilst I believe very strongly that attachment parenting is the way to go, this book was a chore to read. The style is very poor and there are far too many badly researched blanket statements in it. Plus it is full of typos and grammatical errors. To be quite honest, i wish I had spent the money I paid for this book on something else. The author should be ashamed of herself.