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100 1  Acosta, Rina Mae,|eauthor. 
245 14 The happiest kids in the world :|bhow Dutch parents help 
       their kids (and themselves) by doing less /|cRina Mae 
       Acosta and Michelle Hutchison. 
264  1 New York :|bThe Experiment,|c2017. 
300    245 pages :|billustrations ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "Originally published in Great Britain as 'The Happiest 
       Kids in the World' by Doubleday, an imprint of Transworld 
       Publishers in 2017"--Title page verso. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 233- 235) and 
       index. 
520    Would parents rather their children be successful or 
       happy? Kids in the US face lots of pressure to excel—often
       at the expense of happiness. But does it have to be this 
       way? Not in the Netherlands! In The Happiest Kids in the 
       World, expats Rina Mae Acosta and Michele Hutchison—both 
       married to Dutchmen and bringing up their kids in the 
       Netherlands—examine the unique environment that enables 
       the Dutch to turn out such well-adjusted, independent 
       children. With heaps of good humor, and no shortage of 
       amazement, the authors are delighted to find that: Babies 
       get an average of 15 hours of sleep per day. Children 
       learn bike safety and proficiency in school. Teenagers are
       less likely to get pregnant than their counterparts in 
       almost every other nation, and . . . Parents really do 
       serve chocolate sprinkles for breakfast! Along the way, 
       they discover that the most commonly strived-for grade is 
       just passing (6 points out of 10), how to achieve the 
       perfect work-life balance, and that being normal is crazy 
       enough. 
650  0 Child rearing|zNetherlands. 
650  0 Parent and child|zNetherlands. 
700 1  Hutchison, Michelle,|eauthor.