Raising confident kids.
Living a calmer life.
French-inspired coaching for modern parents who want practical solutions, not more theory.
- Meals & the tableOne table, one meal, and the end of nightly negotiation.
- Evenings & rhythmPredictable days, and evenings that don't fall apart.
- Limits & household rulesFewer rules, stated once, that hold when you're tired.
- Independence & capabilityChildren who can do more on their own, on purpose.
- Parents & balanceYou matter too. Adult life as a design constraint.
The idea
Your kids are fine.
The week isn't.
My value proposition: Decide without arguing.
Get your life back without guilt. Love more calmly.
Dinner is a negotiation. Bedtime is a negotiation. Saturday is a shuttle service. By the time the house is quiet, you're too tired to talk to anyone - including each other.
Here's the part of French family life worth borrowing: you're allowed to just decide. Not harshly. Just without a vote.
A few clear limits, consistently held - and within them, far more freedom than many American families are used to giving their kids.
For everyone, including you.
About me
Jonathan Berthet
When I arrived in America, people were intrigued by the fact that I was French - but even more by the way my two daughters behaved and by how we were raising them.
I was surprised to discover that French parenting had already gained popularity in the US. And the more I talked with American parents, the more I realized there was something valuable in the French approach that families here were looking for.
Something that AI (which has never faced kids' tantrums) or books can't quite capture: the unspoken rules, shared social norms, and cultural nuances that most people simply grow up understanding.
Raising my two French daughters in America, I realized how amazing it is to be able to pick the best of both cultures for my children. And I wanted to share this.
That's why I created FrenchParenting.com: practical parenting strategies inspired by French family culture, adapted to the realities of American families.
The goal is simple - to help parents build calmer, healthier and more balanced family lives that are attributed to French families.
I'm not a therapist, physician or dietitian. I'm a modern dad, juggling a full-time career, my coaching practice, and my family.
And as a management consultant, I naturally approach parenting the way I approach complex problems: through practical frameworks, real-life experience, and a focus on what actually works.
