Rina Mae Acosta

The Happiest Kids in the World: How Dutch Parents Help Their Kids (and Themselves) by Doing Less -- Rina Mae Acosta, Paperback

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Discover how Dutch parents raise The Happiest Kids in the World

Calling all stressed-out parents: Relax Imagine a place where young children play unsupervised, don't do homework, have few scheduled "activities" . . . and rank #1 worldwide in happiness and education. It's not a fantasy--it's the Netherlands

Rina Mae Acosta and Michele Hutchison--an American and a Brit, both married to Dutchmen and raising their kids in the Netherlands--report back on what makes Dutch kids so happy and well adjusted. Is it that dads take workdays off to help out? Chocolate sprinkles for breakfast? Bicycling everywhere?

Whatever the secret, entire Dutch families reap the benefits, from babies (who sleep 15 hours a day) to parents (who enjoy a work-life balance most Americans only dream of). As Acosta and Hutchison borrow ever-more wisdom from their Dutch neighbors, this much becomes clear: Sometimes the best thing we can do as parents is . . . less

Author: Rina Mae Acosta, Michele Hutchison
Publisher: Experiment
Published: 04/04/2017
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781615193905

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/16/2017

Product Tags:

Child rearing - Netherlands, Experiment, Family & Relationships, Family / Parenting / Childbirth, Life Stages, Motherhood, Paperback, Parenting, Rina Mae Acosta, School Age

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