A review by mothwing
Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children by Sara Zaske

3.0

I enjoyed reading about German education from the perspective of someone from a more protective country. Her experiences are interesting to me because most of the Americans I know are from rural areas and not at all as protective as she experienced city dwellers to be, while more and ore of the German parents at my school would probably walk even their seventh grade children to the doors of the classroom if it weren't considered ridiculous by the children. They frequently turn up at my school unannounced to drop off forgotten lunches and drive them right up to the gates. The kid who lives farthest away would otherwise face a 20min ride on the bus. It's not that hard. Most people live well within cycling distance. But no. I can't but marvel at the kids this creates, as there are usually many other factors in this direction than the parental driving service. It's not pretty.