Bringing Up Bebe

Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This book was not what I was expecting, a funny tale about a modern American family trying to live the posh life in Paris, France. The reader getting to be a witness to the ups and downs and comedic views and challenges that they would face when trying to make friends, go to restaurants with Bebe and try and have a quiet meal, finding care so they could go back to work as ambitious writers, and the list goes on and on.

No.

This book was an analytical take almost, a literal comparison of French parenting style to that of the American parenting style. From learning about different things such as 'the pause', how to get your child to try different foods the proper way, making children into independent beings, teaching children to sleep through the night at just a few months of age, restaurant behaviour and the mighty and powerful Creche system. There is so many differences that to be honest, Americans and even Canadians could really use to take a page out of the French style parenting book because it truly is immaculate and incredible.

Now yes I am only giving the book 2 stars because the content was quite dry, it took forever to read and there really was no funny or comedic relief which may have been nice to break up the dry monotony of the book. I think this book could be used in Colleges when comparing different care systems. Informative and interesting to a point but after that point the knife is uber dull.

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