Pamela Druckerman

The runaway New York Times bestseller that shows American parents the secrets behind France's amazingly well-behaved children, from the author of There Are No Grown-ups. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman had a baby in Paris, she didn't aspire to become a "French parent." But she noticed that French children slept through the night by two or three months old. They ate braised leeks. They played by themselves while their parents sipped coffee. And yet French kids were still boisterous, curious, and creative. Why? How? With a notebook stashed in her diaper bag, Druckerman set out to investigate—and wound up sparking a national debate on parenting. Researched over three years and written in her warm, funny voice, Bringing Up Bébé is deeply wise, charmingly told, and destined to become a classic resource for American parents.

One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (now with Bébé Day by Day: 100 Keys to French Parenting)

Bringing Up Bébé

The author confronts the realities of being forty, examining how the modern forties are less associated with midlife than in the past and discussing the disconnects of social media, the French perspectives about libido, and the challenges of raising kids while caring for aging parents.

A Midlife Coming-of-age Story

There are No Grown-ups

"The secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn't aspire to become a "French parent." French parenting isn't a known thing, like French fashion or French cheese. Even French parents themselves insist they aren't doing anything special. Yet, the French children Druckerman knows sleep through the night at two or three months old while those of her American friends take a year or more. French kids eat well-rounded meals that are more likely to include braised leeks than chicken nuggets. And while her American friends spend their visits resolving spats between their kids, her French friends sip coffee while the kids play. Motherhood itself is a whole different experience in France. There's no role model, as there is in America, for the harried new mom with no life of her own. French mothers assume that even good parents aren't at the constant service of their children and that there's no need to feel guilty about this. They have an easy, calm authority with their kids that Druckerman can only envy. Of course, French parenting wouldn't be worth talking about if it produced robotic, joyless children. In fact, French kids are just as boisterous, curious, and creative as Americans. They're just far better behaved and more in command of themselves. While some American toddlers are getting Mandarin tutors and preliteracy training, French kids are-by design-toddling around and discovering the world at their own pace. With a notebook stashed in her diaper bag, Druckerman-a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal sets out to learn the secrets to raising a society of good little sleepers, gourmet eaters, and reasonably relaxed parents. She discovers that French parents are extremely strict about some things and strikingly permissive about others. And she realizes that to be a different kind of parent, you don't just need a different parenting philosophy. You need a very different view of what a child actually is. While finding her own firm "non", Druckerman discovers that children-including her own-are capable of feats she'd never imagined."--

one American mother discovers the wisdom of French parenting

Bringing up bébé

An alternative guide to raising children shares wisdom and insights with American parents on the most effective practices being used by their French contemporaries, drawing on the author's considerable research to offer essential insights into a range of modern concerns.

100 Keys to French Parenting

Bébé Day by Day

How do the French manage to raise well-behaved children and have a life! Who hasn't noticed how well-behaved French children are - compared to our own? - How come French babies sleep through the night? - Why do French children happily eat what is put in front of them? - How can French mums chat to their friends while their children play quietly? - Why are French mums more likely to be seen in skinny jeans than tracksuit bottoms? Pamela Druckerman, who lives in Paris with three young children, has had years of observing her French friends and neighbours, and with wit and style, has written a memoir that is ideally placed to teach us the basics of parenting a la francaise.

French Children Don't Throw Food

A strange and surprising journey around the world to examine how and why people cheat on their spouses. From Memphis to Moscow, people cheat on their spouses with astonishing frequency--but even illicit love has rules, and these rules differ radically fro

The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee

Lust in Translation

A strange and surprising journey around the world to examine how and why people cheat on their spouses. From Memphis to Moscow, people cheat on their spouses with astonishing frequency--but even illicit love has rules, and these rules differ radically from country to country. Acclaimed journalist Druckerman decided to investigate extramarital affairs all around the world to discover how different cultures deal with adultery--and her research leads her to believe that both the concept and the consequences of infidelity are far less rigid outside the United States. Americans, she decides, are the least adept at having affairs, have the most trouble enjoying them, and, in the end, suffer the most as a result of them. The rules of fidelity aren't as strict in many other parts of the world because many cultures acknowledge that adultery is an expected, if not acceptable, part of the marriage contract.--From publisher description.

the rules of infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee

Lust in translation

In response to the enthusiastic reception of her bestselling parenting memoir "French Children Don't Throw Food", Pamela Druckerman now offers a practical handbook that distils her findings into one hundred short and straightforward tips to bring up your child a la francaise. It includes advice about pregnancy, feeding (including meal plans and recipes from Paris creches), sleeping, manners, and more.

French Parents Don't Give in

"When Josephine Harris follows her heart to Paris, she realizes that the city of lights is still missing one thing-her mom"--

Paris by Phone

Compared to the citizens of just about every other nation, Americans are the least adept at having affairs, have the most trouble enjoying them, and suffer the most in their aftermath and Pamela Druckerman has the facts to prove it. The journalist's surprising findings include: Russian spouses don't count beach resort flings as infidelity South Africans consider drunkenness an adequate excuse for extramarital sex Japanese businessmen believe, "If you pay, it's not cheating." Voyeuristic and packed with eyebrow-raising statistics and interviews, Lust in Translation is her funny and fact-filled world tour of infidelity that will give new meaning to the phrase "practicing monogamy."

Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee

Che fatica crescere bambini bene educati, tanto più quando anche i migliori modelli educativi sembrano entrati in crisi. Pamela Druckerman si è messa a osservare da vicino le mamme francesi e ha capito che sono di gran lunga le migliori. I loro piccoli non fanno capricci, dicono “buongiorno”, sono ubbidienti, finiscono con gusto tutto quello che hanno nel piatto, dormono di notte, e soprattutto lasciano in pace i genitori. L’autrice ha raccolto, giorno dopo giorno, una miniera di segreti, parole d’ordine e comportamenti capaci di migliorare la vita di una persona e dei suoi figli. Fin dai primissimi giorni, le madri francesi non rinunciano alla propria vita, ritengono che un buon genitore non debba essere sempre a disposizione dei propri figli, e non ne ricavano alcun senso colpa. In Francia i genitori sono assai severi su alcune regole fondamentali, rispettate le quali numerose piccole trasgressioni hanno diritto di cittadinanza: esercitano così una tranquilla autorità, che contribuisce alla formazione del carattere. Perché i bambini capiscono tutto, e sta ai loro genitori farne dei pestiferi viziati eternamente molesti oppure dei frugoletti adorabili e tranquilli, indipendenti come la loro mamma.

Belle, severe e chic al punto giusto

Il metodo maman

The best-selling author of BRINGING UP BÉBÉ investigates life in her forties, and wonders whether her mind will ever catch up with her face. When Pamela Druckerman turns 40, waiters start calling her "Madame," and she detects a disturbing new message in mens' gazes: I would sleep with her, but only if doing so required no effort whatsoever. Yet forty isn't even technically middle-aged anymore. And after a lifetime of being clueless, Druckerman can finally grasp the subtext of conversations, maintain (somewhat) healthy relationships and spot narcissists before they ruin her life. What are the modern forties, and what do we know once we reach them? What makes someone a "grown-up" anyway? And why didn't anyone warn us that we'd get cellulite on our arms? Part frank memoir, part hilarious investigation of daily life, There Are No Grown-Ups diagnoses the in-between decade when... • Everyone you meet looks a little bit familiar. • You're matter-of-fact about chin hair. • You can no longer wear anything ironically. • There's at least one sport your doctor forbids you to play. • You become impatient while scrolling down to your year of birth. • Your parents have stopped trying to change you. • You don't want to be with the cool people anymore; you want to be with your people. • You realize that everyone is winging it, some just do it more confidently. • You know that it's ok if you don't like jazz. Internationally best-selling author and New York Times contributor Pamela Druckerman leads us on a quest for wisdom, self-knowledge and the right pair of pants. A witty dispatch from the front lines of the forties, There Are No Grown-ups is a (midlife) coming-of-age story, and a book for anyone trying to find their place in the world.

A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

There Are No Grown-ups

Parenting advice from French Children Don't Throw Food, now distilled into 100 short and easy tips. In response to the enthusiastic reception of her bestselling parenting memoir French Children Don't Throw Food, Pamela Druckerman now offers a practical handbook that distils her findings into one hundred short and straightforward tips to bring up your child a la francaise. Includes advice about pregnancy, feeding (including meal plans and recipes from Paris creches), sleeping, manners, and more. 'Her book should be dispensed on prescription-' - Spectator

100 Parenting Tips from Paris

French Parents Don't Give In

100 parenting tips from Paris

Er komt een moment dat iedereen u tegen je begint te zeggen. Dat je kleding niet meer ironisch kunt dragen. Dat je bij het invullen van formulieren ongeduldig wordt van het naar beneden scrollen voor je geboortejaar. Dat je ouders je niet meer proberen te veranderen. Dat de dokter je minstens één sport heeft verboden. Dat je niet meer bij de coole gasten wilt horen, maar bij je eigen mensen. Dat je beseft dat íédereen maar wat doet. Als Pamela Druckerman de veertig passeert, bespeurt ze een verontrustende nieuwe boodschap in de blikken van mannen: ik zou het best met haar willen doen, maar alleen als het me geen enkele moeite kost. Terwijl je op je veertigste nog niet eens van middelbare leeftijd bent. Hoe is het om in deze tijd veertig te worden, en wat weten we als we die leeftijd bereiken? Wanneer ben je dat eigenlijk, 'volwassen'? En waarom heeft niemand gewaarschuwd dat je dan cellulitis op je armen krijgt? Aan de andere kant: na jarenlang helemaal niks van het leven te hebben begrepen, heeft Druckerman eindelijk door wat er tijdens gesprekken allemaal impliciet blijft, is ze (min of meer) in staat een gezonde relatie te onderhouden en herkent ze een narcist vóórdat die haar leven verpest. Volwassenen bestaan niet is een even humoristisch als openhartig verslag van het veertigersfront. Pamela Druckerman is een Amerikaanse journalist en woont met haar gezin in Parijs. Ze schreef eerder de internationale bestseller Franse kinderen gooien niet met eten.

En andere dingen die ik pas rond mijn veertigste begreep

Volwassenen bestaan niet

A jornalista americana Pamela Druckerman se muda para Paris logo após se casar. Lá, além das diferenças culturais mais conhecidas, começa a observar que as crianças se comportam de forma muito mais educada do que jamais viu. Estarrecida, ela percebe que os jantares nas casas dos franceses não são eventos caóticos em que crianças interrompem os adultos, brigam com os irmãos ou reclamam dos legumes. Esse é apenas um dos exemplos que a fazem querer descobrir qual é a mistura de autoridade e relaxamento dos pais que faz com que as crianças francesas sejam tão comportadas, sem ficarem reprimidas ou sem personalidade. Afinal, qual é o segredo para que durmam a noite toda? Para que não tenham ataques de birra em público? Para que sejam educadas à mesa e experimentem muito mais do que nuggets e batatas? Para que desenvolvam a autoestima e se tornem articuladas? Os pais que ela observou em Paris parecem ter encontrado o equilíbrio perfeito entre ouvir os filhos e deixar claro que são os adultos que mandam. Pamela nota que os franceses conseguem balancear admiravelmente suas necessidades e as das crianças, não se acorrentam a um falso conceito de pais perfeitos e, ainda assim, são atentos, carinhosos e criam filhos educados e felizes. Crianças francesas não fazem manha, resultado da observação de anos da autora, é um relato inteligente, bem-humorado e ao mesmo tempo bem-fundamentado dos segredos dos franceses para ter filhos criativos e educados — e também um manual para os pais não se tornarem escravos de pequenos tiranos.

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