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Bringing Up Bébé

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

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

One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting

By Pamela Druckerman

By Pamela Druckerman

By Pamela Druckerman

By Pamela Druckerman

By Pamela Druckerman
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By Pamela Druckerman
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Sep 30, 2014 | ISBN 9780143122968

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Sep 30, 2014 | ISBN 9780698197213

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Feb 07, 2012 | 548 Minutes

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    About Bringing Up Bébé

    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.

     “On questions of how to live, the French never disappoint. . . . Maybe it all starts with childhood. That is the conclusion that readers may draw from Bringing Up Bébé.” —The Wall Street Journal

    “I’ve been a parent now for more than eight years, and—confession—I’ve never actually made it all the way through a parenting book. But I found Bringing Up Bébé to be irresistible.” —Slate

    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.

    About Bringing Up Bébé

    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.

     “On questions of how to live, the French never disappoint. . . . Maybe it all starts with childhood. That is the conclusion that readers may draw from Bringing Up Bébé.” —The Wall Street Journal

    “I’ve been a parent now for more than eight years, and—confession—I’ve never actually made it all the way through a parenting book. But I found Bringing Up Bébé to be irresistible.” —Slate

    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.

    About Bringing Up Bébé

    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.

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    About Pamela Druckerman

    Pamela Druckerman is a journalist and the author of five books including Bringing Up Bébé, which has been translated into thirty-one languages and optioned as a feature film. She wrote the Dress Code column for The Economist’s 1843 magazine, and a… More about Pamela Druckerman

    About Pamela Druckerman

    Pamela Druckerman is a journalist and the author of five books including Bringing Up Bébé, which has been translated into thirty-one languages and optioned as a feature film. She wrote the Dress Code column for The Economist’s 1843 magazine, and a… More about Pamela Druckerman

    About Pamela Druckerman

    Pamela Druckerman is a journalist and the author of five books including Bringing Up Bébé, which has been translated into thirty-one languages and optioned as a feature film. She wrote the Dress Code column for The Economist’s 1843 magazine, and a… More about Pamela Druckerman

    Product Details

    Category: Parenting | Biography & Memoir

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Sep 30, 2014 | 432 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143122968

    Category: Parenting | Biography & Memoir

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Sep 30, 2014 | 432 Pages | ISBN 9780698197213

    Category: Parenting | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Feb 07, 2012 | 548 Minutes | ISBN 9780449010884

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    Praise

    “Marvelous . . . Like Julia Child, who translated the secrets of French cuisine, Druckerman has investigated and distilled the essentials of French child-rearing. . . . Druckerman provides fascinating details about French sleep training, feeding schedules and family rituals. But her book’s real pleasures spring from her funny, self-deprecating stories. Like the principles she examines, Druckerman isn’t doctrinaire.” —NPR

    “Bringing Up Bébé is a must-read for parents who would like their children to eat more than white pasta and chicken fingers.” —Fox News

    “On questions of how to live, the French never disappoint . . . Maybe it all starts with childhood. That is the conclusion that readers may draw from Bringing Up Bébé.” —The Wall Street Journal

    “French women don’t have little bags of emergency Cheerios spilling all over their Louis Vuitton handbags. They also, Druckerman notes, wear skinny jeans instead of sweatpants. The world arguably needs more kids who don’t throw food.” —Chicago Tribune

    “I’ve been a parent now for more than eight years, and—confession—I’ve never actually made it all the way through a parenting book. But I found Bringing Up Bébé to be irresistible.” —Slate

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