Bringing up bébé
(Audiobook CD)
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Contributors
Published
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, [2012].
Format
Audiobook CD
Edition
Library edition.
ISBN
9780449807606, 9780449806975 (Recorded Books)
Physical Desc
8 sound discs (approximately 69 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Bernards Township Library - Adult Media - Audiobooks
CD 649.10944 DRU
1 available
CD 649.10944 DRU
1 available
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Media - Audiobooks | CD 649.10944 DRU | Available |
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Morris County Library - Adult Media | 649.109 DRU | Available |
Wharton Library - Adult Media - Audiobooks | 649.1 DRU CD | Available |
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Published
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, [2012].
Edition
Library edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780449807606, 9780449806975 (Recorded Books)
Notes
General Note
Unabridged.
General Note
Compact discs.
Participants/Performers
Read by Abby Craden.
Description
"The secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn't aspire to become a "French parent." French parenting isn't a known thing, like French fashion or French cheese. Even French parents themselves insist they aren't doing anything special. Yet, the French children Druckerman knows sleep through the night at two or three months old while those of her American friends take a year or more. French kids eat well-rounded meals that are more likely to include braised leeks than chicken nuggets. And while her American friends spend their visits resolving spats between their kids, her French friends sip coffee while the kids play. Motherhood itself is a whole different experience in France. There's no role model, as there is in America, for the harried new mom with no life of her own. French mothers assume that even good parents aren't at the constant service of their children and that there's no need to feel guilty about this. They have an easy, calm authority with their kids that Druckerman can only envy. Of course, French parenting wouldn't be worth talking about if it produced robotic, joyless children. In fact, French kids are just as boisterous, curious, and creative as Americans. They're just far better behaved and more in command of themselves. While some American toddlers are getting Mandarin tutors and preliteracy training, French kids are-by design-toddling around and discovering the world at their own pace. 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. While finding her own firm "non", Druckerman discovers that children-including her own-are capable of feats she'd never imagined."--Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Druckerman, P., & Craden, A. (2012). Bringing up bébé (Library edition.). Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Druckerman, Pamela and Abby. Craden. 2012. Bringing Up Bébé. Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Druckerman, Pamela and Abby. Craden. Bringing Up Bébé Books on Tape, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Druckerman, Pamela., and Abby Craden. Bringing Up Bébé Library edition., Books on Tape, 2012.
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