![]() Her children thrived under the less-controlling lifestyle and became far more secure and self-reliant, as do most German children. ![]() Although skeptical at first, she soon discovered that many of her fears and concerns regarding playground safety, a parent’s need to be ever watchful, and engaging in endless play rather than academics were unwarranted. In this well-written mix of personal reflections and sociological data, the author explains why she decided to change how she raised her daughter and newborn son in order to fit in with German attitudes toward parenting. When Zaske ( The First, 2012) moved with her husband and young daughter to Berlin, she discovered that her German neighbors handled parenting quite differently than what she was used to in the U.S. ![]() How an American woman altered her parenting methods to mimic her new German neighbors. ![]()
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