Pourquoi les petits français paraissent-ils si formidables aux yeux des parents américains ? Pourquoi ont-ils la réputation de bien dormir la nuit, de savoir rester calme au restaurant, de manger les légumes et le poisson qu'on leur a servi, et de ne pas jouer au frisbee avec leur morceau de pain comme les petits Américains ? Pamela Druckerman, journaliste et jeune maman américaine installée en France s'étonne : quel est le secret de l'éducation à la française ? Cet ouvrage est le récit et l'analyse de ses observations faites au jardin d'enfants, à la crèche, chez le pédiatre, dans les transports ou chez ses voisins: un portrait amusant et décapant des parents français, mais aussi des réponses à des situations bien précises. Aussi amusant qu'instructif !
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 mothers chat to their friends while their children play quietly? This book deals with these questions.
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
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.
Dans cet album jeunesse qui raconte une histoire sur Paris, lorsque Joséphine Harris décide que Paris est le lieu de vie qui lui convient, il suffit d'un simple coup de fil sur son téléphone magique pour l'y emmener. La ville lumière a ses cafés chics, des baguettes sous chaque bras, la tour Eiffel et une nouvelle famille fabuleuse qui a hâte de tout lui faire visiter.
Pourquoi les petits français paraissent-ils si formidables aux yeux des parents américains ? Pourquoi ont-ils la réputation de bien dormir la nuit, de savoir rester calme au restaurant, de manger les légumes et le poisson qu'on leur a servi, et de ne pas jouer au frisbee avec leur morceau de pain comme les petits américains ?
Pamela Druckerman, journaliste et jeune maman américaine installée en France s'étonne : quel est le secret de l'éducation à la française ? Cet ouvrage est le récit et l'analyse de ses observations faites au jardin d'enfants, à la crèche, chez le pédiatre, dans les transports ou chez ses voisins: un portrait amusant et décapant des parents français, mais aussi des réponses à des situations.
