Warum französische Kinder keine Nervensägen sind
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Die Erziehungsmethoden sind nicht neu. Eltern, die nicht jedem Wunsch ihrer Kinder nachgeben wollen und eine Eigenständigkeit der Kinder sowie Regeln nicht verkehrt finden, können hier aber Bestätigung finden. Zudem sind die Einblicke in die französische Kinderbetreuung interessant. Das Buch ist anekdotisch, nicht wissenschaftlich, und bezieht sich auf die gehobene Mittelschicht in Frankreich und den USA. Die Amerikaner kommen dabei nicht gut weg, auch die Autorin selbst nicht. Das Buch ist quasi eine Antithese zur oft fehlgeleiteten "bedürfnisorientierten" Erziehung.
Pamela Druckermann is an American journalist/author living in Paris with her family of 5. My colleague recommended the book to me one lovely May afternoon. Soon I bought the book for myself (although I intended to buy the audiobook (not available) for my sister and I'm only an (pseudo)aunt of 10 nephews and nieces (2 of them are really "mine" 'though)). It is a guidebook written as a novel and it is funny, fantastic and self-mocking. The story starts with the meeting of her future husband and moving to him to a small flat in Paris, France. Through the course of 5+ years we get to now Pamela, her husband Simon (British journalist who loves to think of Dutch soccer), her daughter ("Bean", the main child character in this book) and her two sons (twins). They try to juggle "staying American" and "fitting into Paris" with their children's education and the differences between the American and French child care system. The main question and thus being the title of the book seems to be why French children don't throw food. The easy answer is: because they are hungry and want to eat what is on their plates. The not so easy answer is: the French agree on simple rules concerning the upbringing of their children. What is my view on Pamela's novel? Well as someone who has been raised in the former GDR, the cadre Pamela is talking about is well known within my generation and those coming before us. We (and most of the French persons Pamela interviewed) know intuitively that a child without rules won't be happy. The novel is an interesting read and certainly well written, if a little bit over the place (time jumps back and forward). I can recommend the book to all the mothers out there feeling bad that their children won't behave like the little one at the next table. You are not alone.
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Die Erziehungsmethoden sind nicht neu. Eltern, die nicht jedem Wunsch ihrer Kinder nachgeben wollen und eine Eigenständigkeit der Kinder sowie Regeln nicht verkehrt finden, können hier aber Bestätigung finden. Zudem sind die Einblicke in die französische Kinderbetreuung interessant. Das Buch ist anekdotisch, nicht wissenschaftlich, und bezieht sich auf die gehobene Mittelschicht in Frankreich und den USA. Die Amerikaner kommen dabei nicht gut weg, auch die Autorin selbst nicht. Das Buch ist quasi eine Antithese zur oft fehlgeleiteten "bedürfnisorientierten" Erziehung.
Pamela Druckermann is an American journalist/author living in Paris with her family of 5. My colleague recommended the book to me one lovely May afternoon. Soon I bought the book for myself (although I intended to buy the audiobook (not available) for my sister and I'm only an (pseudo)aunt of 10 nephews and nieces (2 of them are really "mine" 'though)). It is a guidebook written as a novel and it is funny, fantastic and self-mocking. The story starts with the meeting of her future husband and moving to him to a small flat in Paris, France. Through the course of 5+ years we get to now Pamela, her husband Simon (British journalist who loves to think of Dutch soccer), her daughter ("Bean", the main child character in this book) and her two sons (twins). They try to juggle "staying American" and "fitting into Paris" with their children's education and the differences between the American and French child care system. The main question and thus being the title of the book seems to be why French children don't throw food. The easy answer is: because they are hungry and want to eat what is on their plates. The not so easy answer is: the French agree on simple rules concerning the upbringing of their children. What is my view on Pamela's novel? Well as someone who has been raised in the former GDR, the cadre Pamela is talking about is well known within my generation and those coming before us. We (and most of the French persons Pamela interviewed) know intuitively that a child without rules won't be happy. The novel is an interesting read and certainly well written, if a little bit over the place (time jumps back and forward). I can recommend the book to all the mothers out there feeling bad that their children won't behave like the little one at the next table. You are not alone.