Spend more time sleeping. Spend less time reading up on pregnancy, baby sleep, picky eaters, child development, potty training, toddler tantrums, and positive discipline.

In Zero to Five: 70 Essential Parenting Tips Based on Science, journalist Tracy Cutchlow cuts to the chase. You get practical, lively, bite-sized chunks on the best parenting research.

Zero to Five draws on scientific research from a wide range of experts, including Diana Baumrind (parenting styles), Dimitri Christakis (screen time), Adele Diamond (neuroscience and executive function),...