Herzette itibaren Gaddopur, Bihar 843112, Indien
Do NOT think that the movie even compares to the book! The movie took all of the bad parts of the book and ellaborated on them, meanwhile it ignored all of the good parts. Just imagine how interesting it would be if you could see what people would really do if they sold their soul to the devil!
This book was really good but, a bit hard to get into. Its also a little academic. That said, I think it really challenged me, was full of very stimulating meaty research and kind of changed my perspective as a parent. I've always leaned towards attachment parenting and felt a little disjointed from much of common American parenting philosophy, but this book pushed me even further into that camp. I felt like reading the careful research on cultures around the world and how they raise children refreshed my commitment to a high touch, responsive style of parenting and honestly, it exposed some silly ideas I had and some that I'm not sure are silly, but that I've never really thought about and examined for myself. I think its kind of stunning just how "weird" we are on the world stage as a country for the amount of physical contact we give our infants, our attitudes on baby sleep and our understanding of what a child needs from his/her parents. This book was a really impressive reminder. We're kind of alone. I am not giving this book five stars because it feels a bit disjointed and the flow isn't as easy as I would have liked and because the first bit of the book is very dry and theoretical information about evolutionary theory and the author's guesses about our primordial ancestors. I almost quit reading.