The Tennessean 11 May 2004
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They don't come with a manual, but...

Parents of newborns get a flood of advice - often unsolicited - from their parents, friends and coworkers. And if that's not enough, they have a slew of parenting books to choose from.

In The New Basics, A-to-Z Baby & Child Care for the Modern Parents (Regan Books/Harper Collins, $24.95), pediatrician Dr. Michel Cohen keeps it simple, telling you when to worry as well as when not to.

The book is organized alphabetically by topic and follows Coehn's philosophy of avoiding unnecessary medical intervention. "Less medecine is often the best medecine," he writes.

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