Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children

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An Entertaining, Enlightening Look at the Art of Raising Self-Reliant, Independent Children In keeping with One American Mom’s Experiences in Germany

When Sara Zaske moved from Oregon to Berlin with her husband and toddler, she knew the transition would be challenging, especially when she became pregnant with her second child. She Used to be surprised to discover that German parents give their children quite a lot of freedom―a lot more than Americans. In Berlin, kids walk to school by themselves, ride the subway on my own, cut food with sharp knives, and even play with fire. German parents did not share her fears, and their children were thriving. Used to be she doing the opposite of what she intended, which Used to be toraise capable children? Why Used to be parenting culture so different in the States?

Through her own circle of relatives’s incessantly funny experiences in addition to interviews with other parents, teachers, and experts, Zaske shares the many unexpected parenting lessons she learned from living in Germany. Achtung Baby reveals that today’s Germans know something that American parents don’t (or have most likely forgotten) about raising kids with “selbstandigkeit” (self-reliance), and provides practical examples American parents can use to give their own children the freedom they want to grow into responsible, independent adults.

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