Dutch children sleep through the night

Victoria Hogland is a writer, PR consultant and editor-in-chief of Trendz, an online media outlet for Russian speakers in Europe. A popular blogger, Victoria uses her signature ironic and very funny style to tell the story of emigration to the Netherlands, the culture of this amazing country and motherhood in Dutch.
"...By the way, I didn't know how to ride a bike. The sight of me in a panic, with my eyes wide open, swaying on the bike path like a drunken deer, is written in gold letters in the history of our quiet village. "Sorry, I almost ran over your dog!" I yelled in English to my stern grandfather. "You see, this is my first bike!" the wind carried my pathetic excuses to the neighbor, on whom I almost fell, trying to turn the iron horse. Adri took my exercises calmly, only asked me not to tell anyone that I was his wife.
...I like Dutch parenting because it is so indulgent and relaxed. There is a tiny human being. A set of specific actions is associated with him. I think this cannot be called indifference - rather an economy of mental strength and energy. A calm acceptance of your new status. Without playing out a drama in the kitchen, where the main roles are played by an obstinate biological zucchini, a broken blender and a hungry crying child. If you like to fiddle around for hours, grinding vegetables into porridge - great! And if not - in the neighboring supermarket five shelves are filled with baby food for every taste. The situation is resolved, everyone is safe, we move on. And no "what does your baby want", "co-sleeping on demand", "nature knows best" and so on. According to the Dutch, you have given birth to nothing more than a chubby piece of a puzzle, and your task now is to install it in the right place in the family, completing the whole picture. And not to mix up the remaining details in a fit of hysteria, with shaking hands laying out the word “eternity” from the well-known four letters.”

Author: Victoria Hoagland
Editor: Andryukova Maria
Year of release: 2020
Publisher: AST
Pages: 320
Cover type: Hardcover
Dimensions: 172x131x21 mm
ISBN: 978-5-17-110658-4