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This is pretty much how I raised my own kids, and I have to say, I don’t understand why anyone wants to have kids running the show.
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9:15 pm
Sorry to be so impatient, but I found her to be a very poor writer who has difficulty getting to the point concisely, and gave up on the article about halfway through, marshmallow or no marshmallow.
11:39 pm
Basically, French parents think children shouldn’t be treated as the center of the universe and that parents should teach them firm boundaries.
1:22 am
Interesting, but consider the source…
7:12 am
Really nice article, really liked it. Read mine also here
9:17 am
that’s how we raise our kid. I didn’t realize this was specific to the French. C’est la vie!
11:03 am
It’s the same with pets, believe it or not. Ask The Dog Whisperer -calm, self-assured authority.
American kids are the center of their parent’s universe. They can be extremely disrespectful to adults. The best behaved kids around my neighborhood are the Hispanic kids. They are raised as part of the family – not the center of it.
12:07 pm
It’s the same with pets, believe it or not. Ask The Dog Whisperer -calm, self-assured authority.
Mitt Romney is very good with pets, so I bet he would be good with his 310 million American children.
3:49 pm
I’m with Izquierdo. I couldn’t finish it either. WTF? I gave up on reading it and took to mind-editing. Maybe she’s paid by the word. Journalism, phewwie!
Either way, if it proves out that the French are better at raising kids than the U.S., then I have to go with the French.
America does suck, after all, so I wouldn’t doubt it.
I mean that.