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A Harvard-trained physician examines the role of guilt in today's childbirth and early parenting choices, challenging popular misconceptions while arguing that the natural parenting movement is capitalizing on practices that serve to manipulate rather than assist parents.
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Push back: guilt in the age of natural parenting
2016
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- First edition.
0062407341 9780062407344
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Table of Contents
part I. Subverting the science: Natural childbirth is nothing like childbirth in nature ; Interventions are preventive medicine ; There is no benefit to refusing pain relief ; The right C-section rate ; Breast is not always best ; There's no science that supports attachment parenting
part II. The natural parenting industry: Who hijacked childbirth? ; The commodification of birth ; The business of breastfeeding
part III. A sexist philosophy of privilege: How natural parenting is anti-feminist ; Women do not have other ways of knowing ; Sanctimommies and the joys of shaming ; Conclusion: Push back against the guilt of natural parenting.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-357) and index.
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