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001    ocn738336560 
003    OCoLC 
005    20141231184422.0 
008    110923s2012    nyu      b    001 0 eng   
010    2011038732 
020    9781594203336 (hardback) 
020    1594203334 (hardback) 
035    (OCoLC)738336560 
040    DLC|cDLC|dNjBwBT|dUtOrBLW|erda 
042    pcc 
043    e-fr---|an-us--- 
092    649.10944|bDRU 
100 1  Druckerman, Pamela. 
245 10 Bringing up bébé :|bone American mother discovers the 
       wisdom of French parenting /|cPamela Druckerman. 
264  1 New York :|bPenguin Press,|c2012. 
300    xviii, 284 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Glossary of French parenting terms -- French children 
       don't throw food -- Are you waiting for a child? -- Paris 
       is burping -- Doing her nights -- Wait! -- Tiny little 
       humans -- Day care? -- Bebe au lait -- The perfect mother 
       doesn't exist -- Caca boudin -- Double entendre -- I adore
       this baguette -- You just have to taste it -- It's me who 
       decides -- Let him live his life -- The future in French. 
520    "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."--
       Provided by publisher. 
650  0 Child rearing|zFrance. 
650  0 Parent and child|zFrance. 
650  0 Child rearing. 
650  0 Parent and child.