Parenting is just one part of a French mother’s life, alongside stilettos and a briefcase, not the high- investment, all-consuming project it has become to over-anxious parents in New York or London.
Ever since “French Women Don’t Get Fat” became a bestseller in America a few years ago, a new genre has emerged devoted to the failings that French women don’t possess. Now a new book turns attention to the impossibly well-mannered offspring of these impossibly chic women. (via theeconomist)
And yet where is a woman going to get more respect in the office - New York/London or Paris?
(via theeconomist)
whereas with Chinese parents, hardly any attention is paid at all until the line “Wait till you get home.” is delivered...
I could not agree more …
I'm generally not a fan of you.