Pamela Druckerman

Parisians won't admit that they go to the gym, let alone that they're scared of terrorists.

— Pamela Druckerman

I think kids in France, and certainly in my household, don't necessarily stop interrupting when you tell them, but they gradually become…

— Pamela Druckerman

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

A large part of the creative process is tolerating the gap between the glorious image you had in your mind and the…

— Pamela Druckerman

Earnestness makes British people gag.

— 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

“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

When people used to ask me what I missed about America, I would say, 'The optimism.' I grew up in the land…

— Pamela Druckerman

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

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

— Pamela Druckerman

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

Soccer may not explain the world or even contain the world. But it makes the world a slightly happier place.

— Pamela Druckerman

I always knew the French had a penchant for criticism and abstract thought. Usually, that just meant they complained a lot.

— 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

“It quickly becomes clear that having a child in France doesn't require choosing a parenting philsophy.”

— Pamela Druckerman

Eating among the French certainly affected me. After a few years here, I gave up most of my selective food habits.

— Pamela Druckerman

What you can say, what French parents say to their kids is, 'You don't have to eat everything, honey, you just have…

— Pamela Druckerman

Babies aren't savages. Toddlers understand language long before they can talk.

— Pamela Druckerman

“[French] Parents see it as their job to bring the child around to appreciating this [food]. They believe that just as they…

— Pamela Druckerman

I'm not an early adopter. I'll only start wearing new styles of clothing once they're practically out of date, and I won't…

— Pamela Druckerman

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

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

This idea - that the only way to mend the relationship post-affair is through therapy - is unique to the American script.

— Pamela Druckerman

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