Our part of Paris isn’t even that beautiful. Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2019. The author's view of parents in Paris, as well as her research of numerous French parenting ideas, is extensive. “Get rid of the money,” I plead. But—since I’m in France—I’m panicked about cheese. No one visits Paris to soak up the local views on parental authority and guilt management. (I did most of my shopping in airports. I've worked with kids since 7th grade, and really want at least one of my own, but - well, frankly, a lot of people make it seem like the worst thing ever. Who they are, and what they need, seems to depend on which book you read. Pediatricians feel free to comment on a mother’s postpregnancy belly when she brings her baby for a checkup. When French friends visit, however, we grown-ups have coffee and the children play happily by themselves. Members of the group, called Message, can tell you where to find an English-speaking therapist, buy a car with an automatic transmission, or locate a butcher who’ll roast a whole turkey for Thanksgiving. She’s also extremely topless.

Infuriating. “French Parents: Vive La Difference?”, Huffington Post The news briefly boosts our parent company’s stock price.

On the walk back to our hotel we swear off travel, joy, and ever having more kids.
The only mirroring I get is in a book by Edmund White, the American writer who lived in France in the 1980s.

The Americans I know also believe that pregnancy—and then motherhood—comes with homework. I’m convinced that the secrets of French parenting are hiding in plain sight. I was thinking someone had to have written a book on the French philosophy of raising kids. There are dozens of books offering Americans helpful theories on how to parent differently. I've always had a soft spot for the French (well, except for that kid, Pierre, who took one of my classes and affirmed every single bad stereotype of Parisians I'd ever heard, and then some).

When she and her husband noticed, to their chagrin, how much easier the French managed c. As a retired pediatrician and a grandfather, I am often intrigued by literature pertaining to child rearing, and when I read several reviews of this book and watched an interview with the author, I was especially interested in reading the book for myself.

I knew I was getting locked into cycles of behaviour that were frustrating us both, but the core ideas in this book - coupling respect for your child's freedom to experiment and learn, with absolute authority on key issues - are already helping.
They played by themselves while their parents sipped coffee. But in real life, the ideal Parisian woman is calm, discreet, a bit remote, and extremely decisive.