Feeling nervous about your little one's admission interview with Monsieur Director at the exclusive International School in Paris?



La Mom's here to help. I've got a sure fire way for your child to nail their admission interview. It's called The FN Method and it's been tried and tested by La Mom, Georgia Mom, and South Carolina Mom. It works! And it only costs $7.00!



Never heard of The FN Method? Well, you can find it at WHSmith's on the… Continue

You just slip out the back,

Jacques

Make a new plan,

Stanislas

You don’t need to be coy,

LeRoy

Just listen to me

Hop on the bus,

Gustave

Don’t need to discuss much

Just drop off the key,

Louis

And get yourself free…



Lyrics by Paul Simon and La Mom



Jacques had a problem. Make that a gros problème. Married life was nothing like it was cracked…

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I’ve discovered there’s more than one way to be the most popular mom at the school fair.



Some mamans slave over homemade madeleines, some donate bottles of Château Margaux wine to the raffle, and then there’s my tactic.



Flash the dads.



OK, so it wasn’t a part of the original plan. Last Friday was our first-ever school fair – and I was feeling the pressure. I knew I’d see Arabelle, the snooty Alpha-Maman who somehow managed four small children, ran the PTA… Continue

The new nanny started last week and I don't think our association will make it to the end of next week.



So once again, I'm nanny hunting. DO NOT APPLY IF YOU PLAN ON DOING THE FOLLOWING:



-Asking for August vacation dates on your first day at work (in January).



-Asking for a salary advance on your second day at work.



-Showing up 20 minutes late on your third day at work (with the lame excuse that you got stuck in your buiding's… Continue

If you live in Paris long enough, you’ll definitely meet a Jennifer. “Jennifer” is La Mom’s code name for the typical American girl with the Stars’n’Stripes in her eyes and apple pie on her hips.



Jennifer’s story usually goes something like this – she came to the Sorbonne on her junior year abroad, fell in love with the city, fell in love with a French man, and voilà! Ten years and three kids later, she’s living the high life on the Avenue Foch with a live-in nanny, an ugly-ass… Continue