Bringing Up Bebe | Pamela Druckerman

Author: Pamela Druckerman

Whether you are in the trenches of potty training, are trying to teach your kids empathy, or need the magic formula to coparent with your partner, one thing is certain: You. Want. Answers.

From general parenting advice to tackling specific struggles, here are some books that may help you navigate many of the parenting issues you’re facing.

Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman: 100 Keys to French Parenting. 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.