Like a chat over tea with your best friend who researches everything

How do new parents become great parents? I didn’t want to mess it up. In my pre-baby life, I was very good at my job. I managed high-profile news and book projects that won awards. I knew what I was doing. I liked that feeling. Having a baby threw me for a serious loop. I hadn’t really been around babies and I wasn’t willing to go by intuition alone. So I went on a year-long hunt for evidence-based guidance. As a cohesive picture emerged, it felt like a hard-won victory. Why, I thought, should we all have to do that? That makes no sense. So I summarized what I’d learned.

By summarized, I mean: one tip per page, with bite-size chunks of texts. So that it’s easy to scan. I created a beautiful book, worthy of your coffee table. So that it’s inviting. And with personal stories, too. So that it’s friendly.

I’m Tracy Cutchlow, a mom, recovering perfectionist, award-winning journalist, and tea drinker (even though I’m from Seattle, land of Starbucks). This is the book I wanted as a new parent: the best information, in the least time.

Zero to Five is now an international bestseller. I hope you like it, too.

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I’ve got your back

The amount of parenting advice out there is overwhelming. You know because you’ve already waded in. I’ll point you in the right directions, without claiming there’s only one path. Specific things, however — backed by research — make being a parent easier, lighter, less unintentionally harming, more connected. These don’t always come naturally to us because of the way we were raised and the culture we live in. But when they’re laid out in a friendly way, with examples, we can do them. I’ve done them. You can do them.

I won’t leave you hanging with “Sign language is great for babies; here are a few signs.” I say, “Here’s how researchers teach babies sign language. And here’s my experience with it.” I won’t say, “Stay calm and your child will be more calm,” but “Here’s the best three-part framework I’ve found for staying calm.”

You want to give your child a GREAT start. I want that for you, too. This book is for you: The best parenting research. Beautifully summarized.