Parenting & Motherhood
by Abby Craden
An American journalist living in Paris observes French parents with bemused curiosity—children who wait patiently, eat vegetables, and sleep through the night at two months. Blending memoir with cultural analysis, Pamela Druckerman examines the implicit philosophies behind French child-rearing, from stricture to autonomy, and asks whether Americans have something to learn from a society that treats parenting as less consuming.
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