When my kids correct my cultural missteps, I sometimes suspect that they're not embarrassed, they're gleeful. — 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
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
In the English books, the American kids' books, typically, there is a problem, the characters grapple with that problem, and the problem… — 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
