Reviews for Parentonomics: An Economist Dad Looks at Parenting

The average rating for Parentonomics: An Economist Dad Looks at Parenting based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-06 00:00:00 Mark Fletcher I was so looking forward to reading this book, so maybe I damned it with too high expectations. While I appreciate the economic viewpoint of parenting, I disagreed with many of his interpretations/conclusions. The thing about econ is that you have to start with base assumptions about people, and I found some of his disturbing. There are many things that are fine to discuss in aggregate, but parenting specific, individual children based on generalizations is not one of them. I have done graduate work in econ as well as worked with children and their families, and while the concept of this book was cute I would not recommend it to anyone that I thought would take it too seriously.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-04-28 00:00:00 Martin Docampo I think another reviewer already pointed out that the book is neither a good parenting book nor a good economics book. However, if you go into reading this thinking you'll learn about parenting or economics, you'll be just as disappointed. I enjoyed the book much more when I put those desires aside and just enjoyed it for what it was: anecdotal stories about a family.