Catching Up with France

09/24/2013

When people try to tell you who you are, don’t believe them. You are the only custodian of your own integrity, and the assumptions made by those that misunderstand who you are and what you stand for reveal a great deal about them and absolutely nothing about you.
Maria Popova

In an article, "Catching Up with France on Day Care" on the Sunday New York Times opinion pages, Pamela Druckerman reveals how, while living in France she "couldn't fathom government employees changing my baby's diapers." However, eventually she applied for and received a spot for her child in a neighborhood "crèche," and eventually changed her tune about child care in France...

"Before long I was dropping her off at the crèche around the corner four days a week. To my surprise, it wasn't a baby gulag. The people who worked there were caring and capable. It was subsidized by the state, with a sliding fee scale based on income, so I could afford it. My daughter seemed delighted. And, I was getting work done. Six years later, I've sent three kids through both the crèche and France's free universal public preschool and come out converted."

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