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 Copy Share Image
“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
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 Copy Share Image
French parents are very concerned about their kids. They know about pedophiles, allergies, and choking hazards. They take reasonable precautions. But they… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“Yet the French have managed to be involved without becoming obsessive. They assume that even good parents aren't at the constant service… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Your child probably won't get into the Ivy League or win a sports scholarship. At age 24, he might be back in… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“Autonomy is something fundamental that your child needs. (Francoise Dolto said that by age six, a child should be able to do… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
Early childhood offerings vary, but everywhere in Europe and in Canada, they're far more generous than in the United States. Ukrainian dads… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
Childhood and adolescence are nothing but milestones: You grow taller, advance to new grades, and get your period, your driver's license, and… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
When you're wondering whether she's his daughter or his girlfriend, she's his girlfriend. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
To be a different kind of parent, you don't just need a different parenting philosophy. You need a very different view of… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Teach your kids emotional intelligence. Help them become more evolved than you are. Explain that, for instance, not everyone will like them. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“It turns out that to be a different kind of parent, you don’t just need a different parenting philosophy. You need a… — 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
While I love walking past those beautifully lit bookstores in my neighborhood, what I mostly buy there are blank notebooks and last-minute… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“It quickly becomes clear that having a child in France doesn't require choosing a parenting philsophy.” — 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
Where Americans might coo over a child's most inane remark to boost his confidence, middle-class French parents teach their kids to be… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
Remember that the problem with hyper-parenting isn't that it's bad for children; it's that it's bad for parents. — 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 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
It's refreshing to have some time off from wondering whether I look fat. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The whole point of a commencement speech is to say something encouraging. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I guess we're all supposed to get used to living in a more dangerous world. — Pamela Druckerman 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 what's really… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
