“When I ask French parents what they most want for their children, they say things like "to feel comfortable in their own… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
I'm speaking in very broad brushstrokes, but in France, there's generally this idea that you should look like the best version of… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
It's fine to discuss money in France, as long as you're complaining that you don't have enough, or boasting about getting a… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“[French] Parents see it as their job to bring the child around to appreciating this [food]. They believe that just as they… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
Soon after Donald Trump was inaugurated, I got a letter from France's interior ministry informing me that I was now French. By… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
Having lived in America and France, I've been on both sides of the picky-eating divide. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
Sometimes I just tell my kids, 'Outside of France, I'm considered completely normal.' This worked until we traveled to London. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“if you act (and dress) as if you have a fascinating inner life, you may soon find that you actually do—and that you feel… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
Practically every time I speak up at a school conference, a political event, or my apartment building association's annual meeting, I'm met with a… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
The French talk about education, the education of their children. They don't talk about raising kids. They talk about education. And that has nothing… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
It's refreshing to have some time off from wondering whether I look fat. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
“Within a few hours of meeting him, I realized that "love at first sight" just means feeling immediately and extremely calm with someone.” — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
When I tell French parents that I know lots of American kids who will eat only pasta or only white rice, they can't believe… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
I was scared to say I was in my 40s because at that point, it sounded really old, and to out myself as a… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
The whole point of a commencement speech is to say something encouraging. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
My husband is so upset by President Trump's scapegoating of immigrants and Muslims, he refuses to even visit the United States. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
If you worry less about what people think of you, you can pick up an astonishing amount of information about them. You no longer… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
I guess we're all supposed to get used to living in a more dangerous world. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
One of the maddening things about being a foreigner in France is that hardly anyone in the rest of the world knows what's really… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
“But in real life, the ideal Parisian woman is calm, discreet, a bit remote, and extremely decisive.” — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
In your 40s, you kind of know how things are likely to go, and you're better at saying, 'You know what? That just doesn't… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share
![“[French] Parents see it as their job to bring the child around to appreciating this [food]. They believe that just as they must teach a child how to sleep, how to wait, and how to say bonjour , they must teach her how to eat.” quote by Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b6b/pamela-druckerman-3030_children_french-parents-see-it-as-their-job-to-br_2737096.png)
