Tuesday, July 24, 2007

The French Way of Parenting

It all starts from the cradle. In Britain, new mothers read the gentle and loving Penelope Leach; in America, they read the classic Dr Spock. But in France, mothers read one of the gurus of French child development, Françoises Dolto. Dolto was an authoritarian who believed that children should be separate from their parents and live their own lives.

-Is Maman mean or magnifique?

via 2blowhards

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