The Dolphin Way
Shimi K. Kang, MD
ISBN: 9780399166044
Nonfiction: Parenting
A backlash against "tiger" parenting, this book mainly rehashes the benefits of authoritative (not authoritarian or permissive) parenting styles by drawing on the playful and communal lives of dolphins. However, she never seems to get far enough into dolphin biology and behavior to suit me, nor does she really add much to the authoritative viewpoint other than that particular framework.
Lots of "do" and "don't" lists, and the text in those lists is formatted in a strangely unreadable font - very compressed and smaller than the "reading" text. I suppose it's to make them stand out, but for as long and involved as they are (bullet-points these are most assuredly not) it seems like they could have found a more inviting text to use.
Final personal preference quirk: I really love individual case stories (even when I know they're made up - scuse me, "compiled" from actual cases) and while there were a few sprinkled here and there, the ones that were there were really interesting and compelling - sadly moreso than her directives and musings on dolphins. I would have liked to see more of the cases used as examples for both good and bad.
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