Great philosophy, made perfect sense and was easy to read and understand. Be prepared for lots of diaper changes and lots of committment and time. This would work great if you purchase this book while pregnant, with your first child and not planning on working. Otherwise I wonder how practical or do-able this would be with a second or third child in addition to housework, cooking, errands, etc.? It seems as though the authors child was "the chosen one", never was it mentioned that he fussed or refused to go potty even once. I was disappointed that the book didn't say "purchase while pregnant" on the cover. I purchased this with the intent of using this on my third child, however she's already 11 months old and I feel that, given her age, this book doesn't really apply.

My high school history class uses this book, and I'm very disappointed with it. I have not noticed any outright mistakes, but the authors tend to imply things that aren't quite true. Take one of their statements from a chapter on the presidency: "Despite their unhappy experience with George III, the creators of the American political system perceived the need for a single person to serve as both the symbol and the leader of the new nation, and so they created the presidency" (87). They go on to talk about the powers granted the president by the Constitution, conveniently ignoring the Articles of Confederation. This type of oversight is common in the book, as are the poor placement and the overuse of footnotes. And the authors' use of exclamation points is amusing. ("Ford had not even been elected vice president but had been appointed to the office by the now deposed Nixon less than a year earlier to replace Spiro T. Agnew, who had been forced to resign when evidence emerged that he had taken illegal payoffs while vice president!" (89).)

As a high school student, I am certainly not qualified to judge this book. When a person as unschooled as I catches problems with a book, however, I worry that there are other problems--deeper problems--that slip by unnoticed.