Pamela Druckerman

Earnestness makes British people gag.

— Pamela Druckerman

“There are so few years to just be a child.”

— Pamela Druckerman

America's parenting customs can shock foreigners.

— Pamela Druckerman

The main thing my bookcase says about me is that I'm not French.

— Pamela Druckerman

I've gotten used to being a foreigner.

— Pamela Druckerman

French children seem to be able to play by themselves in a way.

— Pamela Druckerman

I've never gotten a good idea while checking Twitter or shopping.

— Pamela Druckerman

“I live in a world of worst-case scenarios.”

— Pamela Druckerman

I think, in writing a memoir, you kind of give order to your life.

— Pamela Druckerman

Here's some news you might find surprising: By and large, the French like Jews.

— Pamela Druckerman

“Babies are designed to cry when they need something and mothers are designed to respond.”

— Pamela Druckerman

I spent most of my adolescence feeling awkward but never once mentioned it.

— Pamela Druckerman

Usually, I'm so self-absorbed that my companion could be bleeding to death, and I might not notice.

— Pamela Druckerman

When my kids correct my cultural missteps, I sometimes suspect that they're not embarrassed, they're gleeful.

— Pamela Druckerman

Before Donald Trump took office, optimism about his presidency was the lowest of any president-elect since at least the 1970s.

— Pamela Druckerman

Around my neighborhood, I'm known as the American who talks to her computer while she types.

— Pamela Druckerman

When you're further along in your career, you probably have more money and more means; you have to stop yourself from giving…

— Pamela Druckerman

In the English books, the American kids' books, typically, there is a problem, the characters grapple with that problem, and the problem…

— Pamela Druckerman

French schools follow a national curriculum that includes arduous surveys of French philosophy and literature. Frenchmen then spend the rest of their…

— Pamela Druckerman

I had applied to become French - or, rather, Franco-American, as I'm now a dual citizen - partly because I could: I'd…

— Pamela Druckerman

The French view is really one of balance, I think... What French women would tell me over and over is, it's very…

— Pamela Druckerman

Teach your kids emotional intelligence. Help them become more evolved than you are. Explain that, for instance, not everyone will like them.

— Pamela Druckerman

I've got letters from all over the world saying what you're describing as American parenting is Chilean middle-class parenting, or it is…

— Pamela Druckerman

“Autonomy is something fundamental that your child needs. (Francoise Dolto said that by age six, a child should be able to do…

— Pamela Druckerman

“Like the French, he starts babies off on vegetables and fruits rather than bland cereals. He's not obsessed with allergies. He talks…

— Pamela Druckerman

“French parents don't worry that they're going to damage their kids by frustrating them. To the contrary, they think their kids will…

— Pamela Druckerman

“Walter Mischel says the worst-case scenario for a kid from eighteen to twenty-four months of age is "the child is busy and…

— Pamela Druckerman

In your 40s, you kind of know how things are likely to go, and you're better at saying, 'You know what? That…

— Pamela Druckerman

There are no soul mates. Not in the traditional sense, at least. In my 20s someone told me that each person has…

— Pamela Druckerman

French parents are very concerned about their kids. They know about pedophiles, allergies, and choking hazards. They take reasonable precautions. But they…

— Pamela Druckerman

The French believe that kids feel confident when they're able to do things for themselves, and do those things well. After children…

— Pamela Druckerman

“When I tell her about the expression "MILF" ("Mom I'd like to Fuck"), she thinks it's hilarious. There's no French-language equivalent. In…

— Pamela Druckerman

A lot of French comedy is satire.

— Pamela Druckerman

I'm always hoping no one is following me around with a camera.

— Pamela Druckerman

To grow up without risk is to risk not growing up.

— Pamela Druckerman

I don't like rules, because rules, you have to follow.

— Pamela Druckerman

“gift.) I’m not bothered by the famous Parisian”

— Pamela Druckerman

By your 40s, you don't want to be with the cool people; you want to be with your people.

— Pamela Druckerman

When I was 41, I had a very bad back pain, and it turned out to be Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

— Pamela Druckerman

If you want to know how old you look, just walk into a French cafe. It's like a public referendum on your…

— Pamela Druckerman