BRINGING UP BÉBÉ
“I’ve been a parent now for more than eight years, and —confession— I’ve never made it all the way through a parenting book. But I found Bringing Up Bébé to be irresistible.”
—Slate
The runaway New York Times bestseller that shows American parents the secrets behind France’s amazingly well-behaved children.
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.
“Marvelous… Like Julia Child, who translated the secrets of French cuisine, Druckerman has investigated and distilled the essentials of French child-rearing.”
— NPR
“The author is a delightfully droll storyteller with an effortless gift of gab that translates well to the page.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“… A riveting glimpse into a calmer, rational, sage way of raising children.”
— Publisher’s Weekly
“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