We begin on Mom Reads with one of the greatest authors the world has ever known, exploring her own relationship with her mother. Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou is best read before approaching her autobiography I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings as it offers some important backstory. This is a chronicle of both the complexity of a parent-child relationship and also the unwavering connection and support a mother can offer a child. It’s a fantastic book and one that should be on every mom’s …
Memoir
Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers The Wisdom Of French Parenting
This was a major bestseller when it was released, and it tore up the New York Times charts like a French man on his way to the cheese shop. Which is good because Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers The Wisdom Of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman is all about the stoic parenting habits of French people compared to those popular in America. It’s important to note that her conclusions aren’t in favor of either parenting system but rather they’re slanted to “what works”. That’s …