This idea - that the only way to mend the relationship post-affair is through therapy - is unique to the American script. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
Not many foreigners move to Paris for their dream job. Many do it on a romantic whim. — Pamela Druckerman Dream Copy Share Image
One of the great joys of a creative life is that your observations and loose moments aren't lost forever; they live in… — Pamela Druckerman Creative life Copy Share Image
Having lived in America and France, I've been on both sides of the picky-eating divide. — Pamela Druckerman America Copy Share Image
You know you're in your 40s when you've spent 48 hours trying to think of a word, and that word was 'hemorrhoids.' — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
I spend much of my free time listening to podcasts of American comedians talking to each other. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
How hard or easy it is to raise kids, especially while working, is a big part of people's well-being everywhere. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
I guess we're all supposed to get used to living in a more dangerous world. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“The de'clic (DEH-kleek) is an aha moment when a child figures out how to do something important on his own...it's a welcome… — Pamela Druckerman Aha moment Copy Share Image
Like practically everyone who grew up in Miami, I knew little about its history. We were more worried about mangoes falling on… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“I realize that i've seen French mothers and nannies pausing exactly this little bit before tending to their babies during the day.… — Pamela Druckerman Parenting Copy Share Image
In the Nineties, there was all this new research into brain development, with evidence saying poor kids fall behind in school because… — Pamela Druckerman Brain Copy Share Image
If you had asked me what I wanted when I was 12 years old, I probably would have said, 'To marry a… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
When we're in the U.S., my kids instantly start snacking all the time. I don't know how it happens. There is just… — Pamela Druckerman Food Copy Share Image
I hear people in their 20s describe the 40s as a far-off decade of too-late, when they'll regret things that they haven't… — 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 Children Copy Share Image
The overarching conventional wisdom - what everyone from government experts to my French girlfriends take as articles of faith - is that… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“Give willingly, refuse unwillingly,” he writes in Émile. “But let your refusal be irrevocable. Let no entreaties move you; let your ‘no,’… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“Rather, Dolto insisted that the content of what you say to a baby matters tremendously. She said it was crucial that parents… — Pamela Druckerman Communication Copy Share Image
One of the maddening things about being a foreigner in France is that hardly anyone in the rest of the world knows… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
When I tell French parents that I know lots of American kids who will eat only pasta or only white rice, they… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
The whole point of a commencement speech is to say something encouraging. — Pamela Druckerman Commencement Copy Share Image
Optimism - even, and perhaps especially in the face of difficulty - has long been an American hallmark. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
The French aren't known for being hilarious. When I told Parisians I was interested in French humor, they'd say 'French what?' — Pamela Druckerman Being Copy Share Image
Discrimination was a problem before terrorism. Now, the bad deeds of a few people have made life worse for millions. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
I'm a third-generation Miamian. I'm fond of it. I'm an expatriate, so it's the only American city I can still legitimately claim. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
One of the many problems with parenting is that kids keep changing. Just when you're used to one stage, they zoom into… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
Although I wrote a book about infidelity around the world, I ended up concluding that fidelity is quite a good idea. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
Even for natives, French satire is rarely laugh-out-loud funny. Its unspoken punch line is typically that things have gone irrevocably wrong, and… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
There's this idea in America that you can be whatever you want. That remains an ideal in terms of how you dress… — Pamela Druckerman America 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
I gradually understood why European mothers aren't in perpetual panic about their work-life balance and don't write books about how executive moms… — Pamela Druckerman Balance Copy Share Image
When people used to ask me what I missed about America, I would say, 'The optimism.' I grew up in the land… — Pamela Druckerman America Copy Share Image
In my 40s, I expect to finally reap the average-looking girl's revenge. I've entered the stage of life where you don't need… — Pamela Druckerman Beautiful Copy Share Image
I was scared to say I was in my 40s because at that point, it sounded really old, and to out myself… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
You will miss out on some near soul mates. This goes for friendships, too. There will be unforgettable people with whom you… — Pamela Druckerman Evening Copy Share Image
The French talk about education, the education of their children. They don't talk about raising kids. They talk about education. And that… — Pamela Druckerman Children Copy Share Image
When you're the foreigner and your kids are the natives, they realize you're clueless much sooner than they ordinarily would. I'm pretty… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
If you worry less about what people think of you, you can pick up an astonishing amount of information about them. You… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
A large part of the creative process is tolerating the gap between the glorious image you had in your mind and the… — Pamela Druckerman Creative process Copy Share Image
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