Evenings with an Author

Journalist Pamela Druckerman explores the secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children in Bringing Up Bébé.

With a notebook stashed in her diaper bag, Druckerman 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.

About the author
Pamela Druckerman is the author of Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting and the British edition of the same book, French Children Don't Throw Food: Parenting Secrets from Paris. She was a staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal, and has written Op-eds and articles for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, the Financial Times and Marie Claire. She has appeared as a commentator on the Today show, BBC Women's Hour, NPR, PRI, Al Jazeera International, France24, CNBC and Oprah.com. Her previous book, Lust in Translation, currently has nine international editions.

Read more about Pamela Druckerman and Bringing Up Bébé on her website.