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Like a horoscope

Revisado: 03-04-24

The author uses attachment theory (which I'm generally in favor of) and stretches it to mean that if your mother didn't cultivate a secure attachment with you that you have "mother hunger" She relabels insecure attachment as mother hunger bc "noone likes to be called insecure". She also says that if you have anxiety, depression, fatigue, startle easily, overeat, undereat, overexercise, have painful menstrual cycles, have addictive tendencies, then you may have mother hunger. I get it, it makes sense that having a poor relationship with the person who us supposed to love you completely and unconditionally is going to cause some mental health issues; however, she doesn't put forth any evidence - it's all just her opinion.
Additionally, she spends a ton of time quoting other sources. I appreciate that somewhat, especially if your finally gonna show me the evidence, but it was superfluous. Almost an entire chapter is spent psychoanalyozing a netflix show about a dysfunctional family.
Finally, I am annoyed by the excessive length spent on lamentations about the patriarchy. it does zero good in a self-help book to focus on the things we cannot change.

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so negative

Revisado: 01-22-23

I can't get through the first chapter because it is so crass and negative. I think this book might have a point eventually, but I can't stand the vibes to get to it.

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Boring and hard to understand narrator

Revisado: 07-06-22

I love history and find religions fascinating so it's hard to believe someone could write a book on this topic that is boring. But it is. Horribly boring. It reads like a textbook.
The narrator has a very strange English accent that is difficult to understand.

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Cry It Out under a different name

Revisado: 02-08-22

This long book can be summed up by saying that the authors recommend you leave your infant crying in their crib for as long as it takes. But don't worry, your baby will be fine because you speak a couple of sentences to them every five minutes. For anyone debating whether or not to sleep train their infant (and make no mistake about it, what this book describes is sleep training), I highly recommend Safe Infant Sleep instead.

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The other side to the SIDS story

Revisado: 02-08-22

Dr. McKenna explains what mothers know to be true: that sleeping close to their infant is, in a word, right. He uses anthropology, biology, genetics and statistics to discredit the APA's harsh stance on bedsharing.
My only criticism of the book is not of the content, but the tone. It's defensive. I would have loved to have heard all the same information in a more positive light.

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