Laura’s Reviews > Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting > Status Update

"Instead of resisting this pickiness,the parenting establishment is capitulating to it.What to Expect:The Toddler Years says:"Letting a young child go for months on nothing but cereal, pasta or bread and cheese..isn't indulgent or unacceptable,but perfectly respectable."I may never read an Anglo child care book if this is the kind of nonsense they contain.They insist on only breast milk then allow this months later?

"...Frenchwomen don't expect men to be their equals. They view men as a separate species...When the Frenchwomen I know mention their partner's inadequacies, it's to laugh at how adorably inept the men are. "They're just not capable; we're superior!"...This outlook creates a virtuous cycle. None of this follows the American feminist script. But it seems to go a lot more smoothly."

"The couple is the most important. It's the only thing that you chose in your life. Your children, you didn't choose. You chose your husband. So, you're going to make your life with him. So you have an interest in it going well. Especially when the children leave, you want to get along with him. For me, it's prioritaire." - Virginie