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Catherine Crawford, mft, atr, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Art Therapist with 20 years of experience providing therapy to children and adults of all ages. In her private practice in Mountain View, California, she specializes in the unique needs of highly intuitive mostrar más children and adults. mostrar menos

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I liked the phrases and thoughts like intuitive manners, intuitive vs codependency, how empathy is closely aligned with intuition, the discussion of adult and child people with intuition, how to tell if a thought might be incorrect, being grounded, being careful, checking facts, and trusting yourself.
 
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WiseOwlFactory | 10 reseñas más. | Feb 20, 2022 |
This is a delightful read, presenting lots of ideas about lifestyle and good manners to ponder. It is pointed out there are several ways American children seem to be missing the mark for acceptable behavior and appreciation for life's little pleasures. A social evaluation threading thru the book allows you to see that we are not really as up on this as we could be. It gives pause for thought. One can't help thinking there is a better way to raise children and specifically teach them about the pleasures of a more refined lifestyle. When Ms. Crawford lines our habits up next to the French, I am almost embarassed for myself. I have resolved to change a few things. I have also decided that while every parent can use advice to ponder, not everyone has all the answers. No one is perfect. Happily, Crawford is not afraid to own up to this and she posts a list of what the French might learn from the Americans. I was glad to see that. It gives us permission to be satisfied with our ways of doing things as well.
I would recommend this to anyone who needs a bit of help in settling into the parenting role. It helps to read about this other adored culture. Then it's good to give it some thought and consideration. And also give yourself some credit for doing a good job.
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justmeRosalie | 18 reseñas más. | Sep 3, 2013 |
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French Twist was interesting enough (and short enough) that I finished it in four days. Considering my lack of reading time with two young children this is fairly amazing.

At first I was a bit put off by Crawford's tone that implied all French children were absolutely perfect and all American children were little monsters. Of course the reason I picked up the book was in hopes of some tips for how to handle my daughters but her enthusiasm for all things French was a bit daunting. This idea was tempered a bit later on in the book as she admitted a few French parenting ideas that she didn't hold in such high regard and that her own brand of parenting was more a French-American hybrid rather than going completely native.

I was dismayed when Crawford started off talking about pregnancy and the French way of preparing for the baby. While this is probably relevant to examining the French culture in regard to children, I didn't see it having much to do with Crawford's experiment in treating her family in the French manner. All it seemed to do was reveal her completely neurotic tendencies during her own pregnancies and allow her to express regret for starting her children off in the American fashion.

What I had hoped to get out of this book were some ideas on a different parenting approach. I wanted concrete suggestions that I could implement with my children. While there were a few of those at the end of the book, the majority of the book contained sweeping generalizations without specific examples. Crawford would go on and on about how well behaved the children of her French friends were while almost being unable to put her finger on the parenting approach that led to this behavior. She gushed at how much improvement she has seen in the behavior of her own children but gave very little insight into how her parenting method changed beyond simply becoming more strict.

I realize that documenting every single parenting example would make for a long and boring book but I wish there had been a better balance between practical, usable information and the philosophic presentation on how French parents are successful while American parents are failing.
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DonnerLibrary | 18 reseñas más. | Aug 31, 2013 |
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Really a fun read. Makes you wonder how American parents have fallen so far away from a common-sense-normal in child rearing. Love the author's self deprecating humor about herself and her family, the girls sound like real cut-ups!
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