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 Adolescence Copy Share Image
There's an American idea that you want to look as young as you can for as long as you can. If you… — 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 Child 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 Child Copy Share Image
Your first attempt will be terrible… Remember that everything great you see started out as someone else's bad first draft… Whenever someone… — 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… — 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
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
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
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
Being an immigrant mother can be hard, but being a poor immigrant mother is much harder. You don't generally get to sit… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
There are no grown-ups. We suspect this when we are younger, but can confirm it only once we are the ones writing… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“My first intervention is to say, when your baby is born, just don't jump on your kid at night," Cohen says, "Give… — Pamela Druckerman Birth Copy Share Image
I'm speaking in very broad brushstrokes, but in France, there's generally this idea that you should look like the best version of… — Pamela Druckerman Age 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… — Pamela Druckerman First sight Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Just because you're 40, you don't have to decide whether God exists...when you're already worrying that the National Security Agency is reading… — 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 Child 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
