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FRENCH CHILDREN DON'T THROW (B) Paperback – January 17, 2013

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ BLACK SWAN (January 17, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0552779172
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0552779173
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.91 x 7.8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Pamela Druckerman is the author of five books including the international best seller Bringing Up Bébé, which has been translated into 30 languages. She writes a column about France for The New York Times and the Dress Code column for 1843/The Economist. She lives in Paris. www.pameladruckerman.com @pameladruck

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Claire B.
5.0 out of 5 stars MY KIDS SNACHED THE BOOK FROM MY NIGHTSTAND AND RED IT BEHIND MY BACK....
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2021
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I have bought this book to learn some trick from French parents but so far I did not have a chance.
I happen to have few books on my nightstand by my bed that I rotate before bedtime. This book went on the short pile. However few days later I noticed it missing. Little discreet investigation turned up that it was the kids who snatched it and were quietly reading it together while thinking parents are oblivious to the fact. NOTHING goes on in this house that parents don't know about so that was really entertaining.. :)

Apparently they figured out.. if we were teaming up and concocting some new tricks to beef up our parenting toolbox, so should they gather the proper intel and prepare accordingly to rebel against our efforts.

Little did they know they fell into trap. I did want to share the book with them and I was looking for some ways to motivate them but the situation truly solved itself. I knew that they were always "monitoring" my reading materials and so that really worked like a charm.

They had no idea that we knew. Little by little I noticed some changes, positive changes in their behavior.
It was pretty fascinating to see. Overall good kids after all anyway but they started showing progress
in some areas that still needed to be worked on.

I think it worked beautifully. Kids really knew where we will be going with this and their controlling attitude pushed them to get there first so they won't need to be "suggested" there.

I really love the book. I am trying to write this review without spoiling it to you but totally - I recommend buying it because it is written in very different then US market book that pretty much are stereotype of US parenting and repeat the same faded concepts and ideas that often do not stand the trial of real life or
even standards of many parents.

This book is amazingly light to read and yet it is packed with fun parenting views and tips and ideas
and concepts. If you want to know how other nation is raising their kids and get some pointers or just out of curiosity, I highly recommend it. I managed to read it all on the long plain trip when we were going on vacation so it is really easy and fun read.

Highly recommend it.
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ebit
4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and insightful
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2012
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Loved this book for a vicarious journey into a life I never had but would like to have had in Paris. The author offers entertaining insights into French and Anglo parenting styles through her research and own experiences but it also offers more in a wider cultural sense. The themes are somewhat repetitive after an entire book though, could have been a bit shorter without losing any of the meaning! Good alternative read for those trying to plough through the more didactic parent manuals.
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Kate
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it, couldn't put it down.
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2016
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Loved this book. I love her wit, and she tells her personal story so honestly, it's enthralling. I was reading this during nap time and I could barely put it down everyday. My husband grew up with a lot of the French culture and really wants to instill some of it in our children, I however did not, and I'm the one staying home with them, so this gave me a great insight and inspiration. Told by an American married to a Brit living in Paris, its the perfect combination of view points, and it's nice to get an american interpretation of their ways since she can compare it to our sometimes starkly contrasting cultural habits. Right now we have a toddler and I've already begun using a lot of the french techniques she explores with exceptional results, honestly. I recommend this book to all of my parent friends.
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Viktoryia
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Parenting Book
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2018
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Love this book! What a great, sound, intelligent and witty parenting guide.
Im a child therapist and a mom to a young toddler, Im also European. I think the author does an excellent job of introducing us to French way of parenting. Some of its principles are along the lines of positive parenting and similar types, however what I loved is how natural and intuitive the described parenting is. The book is very informative, easy to read and makes SO MUCH SENSE. I feel a little French now:)
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pink lady
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on parenting I’ve read.
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2021
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Best book on parenthood I’ve read. Hilarious, relatable and chock full of extremely helpful tips and philosophies on parenting that my husband and I have incorporated. We both read it and can’t recommend it highly enough.
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Mick
4.0 out of 5 stars refreshing view on parenting
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2014
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I liked that this book sets out, using both entertaining anecdotal evidence and research-based evidence, that current trends in parenting in the US, UK, and I can add - Australia, is both overbearing and too lenient and raises difficult, fussy children that aren't much fun to be around (I can testify to this!). The book then gives practical insight into the alternative French-style of parenting (which I sometimes see glimmers of in my culture and, frankly, wish there was more of). To surmise, this book is both entertaining and informative and, I think best of all, let's you make up your own mind on which advice to take on board and which to tweak or ignore. I shall definitely be employing some of this book's strategies when raising my child (who is currently on the way), and I will recommend it to others (I honestly wish it was a mandatory read for all new parents!).
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Mrs. K. Aytan
5.0 out of 5 stars Best practical advice!
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2012
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Well, i bought this book after reading an article in the newspaper. Although the author is not a specialist, i found it full of insight and advice on how to deal with children. This book is actually very acurate, and many of those advices works, as i have tried them myself...A good book to read, funny and interesting, which i defo recommend. Try it you won't be disppointed! Everything about the French and the way they educate their children are so true!!!!
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tania ceron
5.0 out of 5 stars Una experiencia diferente por diversidad cultural
Reviewed in Mexico on October 31, 2018
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Me gustó mucho saber que existen muchos tipos de maternidad, que la vivimos diferente de acuerdo al país. En mi caso, de méxico, somos sobreprotectoras y en algunas ocasiones mal acostumbramos a tolerar ciertas actitudes y como se nos hace normal por la cultura, pues no sabemos que se puede hacer de manera diferente. El libro es divertido y muy ilustrativo. Me encantó.
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Anne
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book
Reviewed in Australia on June 5, 2023
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Very funny and best parenting book I'm read. I give it to all new parent
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Margot Araujo
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Spain on December 29, 2016
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Excellent orientation read, easy to relate to and good mix of experience and science, addresses all necessary topics for parenting abroad.
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Abhishek Shinde
5.0 out of 5 stars Must have !!!!
Reviewed in India on June 2, 2016
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A must have for young parents. Beautifully written.
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Cali
5.0 out of 5 stars From a French mum: if you are going to read only 1 book during your pregnancy, pick this one!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 1, 2015
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Being myself French, I got this book offered by my British mother in law for my first pregnancy. It's the only book I've read (I wasn't intending to read any book at all before I got it) and I've found it very reassuring as it more or less summaries the way I was brought up and the way I want to bring up my children.
My husband (he is British) also read it so we were on the same page. We've clearly used the "pause" technique right from the beginning, and we were lucky that our daughter started sleeping through the night from the age of 5 weeks old (understanding from 00:00 until 6:00am and progressively increasing until 10-11 hours in a row at night). I am pregnant again, I am going to read his book again and I'll see if we are as lucky the second time.
I am living in UK, and I am amazed by the fact that it is expected for parents to be sleep depraved for years and years until their kids finally are able to sleep through the night.
Yes there are French stereotypes (I think there are also anglosaxon/american stereotypes as well), but it is overall a very nice, funny and easy book to read. Full of common sense and reassuring from my point of view.
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