What The French Get About Parenting That Americans Don’t
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My mother is French and I have lived in France for a couple of years during childhood too. From what I’ve seen this works for most people (the general attitude, not just food), but when it doesn’t work (especially those who are not neurotypical), it REALLY doesn’t work
I was raised by Italian grandparents and was treated like an adult the whole time and expected to problem solve on my own. The result was I became hyper independent and self-sufficient at an early age. Not sure if I’d raise my kids like this, but there is something to be said about kids who learn basic skills at a young age vs. 18 year olds who don’t even know how to do their own laundry when they go to college
Kids are members of society. I love seeing my nieces and nephew raised with this view.
Correct for frustration, but we do have kids menu .
Sorry it is not true. In France they do have kids menu, usually it is s slice of ham and chips, steak hache and chips or frankfurter and chips.
Teaching a kid how to deal with frustration starts by setting the example, especially when they’re younger and then by example and teachable moments and conversation when they’re old enough to understand. 80% of what your child learns from you will be through observation.
En France nous cuisinons des produits frais, prenons le temps de manger et d'apprécier les goûts. C'est une question d'éducation et non de frustration !
She is making that up lol I am French, raised in France snd the kids are certainly not frustrated
I wonder what is the point of making up stuff just to get attu
Not sure if they’re talking about this book in the full video, but read French Kids Eat Everything. It’s not about frustrating kids, it’s about teaching them what real quality food is. Rather than setting them up for sugar and processed food addiction like so many do here in the states.
I don’t think it’s frustration, at least when it comes to kids menus; it’s just that kids are just expected to eat the same things anyway and aren’t accustomed to being made separate, easier meals as the US has unfortunately become accustomed to. That being said, I don’t know that the concept is not there. It’s much more about delayed gratification and a degree of temporary frustration or some kind of internal conflict is necessary for that.
I an french with 3 child. You right we want our kids to accept frustration. But we also have kids menu…
In Ireland I refused to ask for a kid's menu (or crayons) for my 3+yr old and instead I ordered from the Starter Menu. I wanted her to experience a range of foods, learn to eat with a knife-and-fork in public and learn to sit at a table and talk over dinner.
We do have kid menus.m ! Every where
She is a liar !!!!
Thats not frustration. Its educating the palate…
Geez
Its because potion sizes in Europe are generally a lot smaller that the USA.
I think no kids menu is a bad example here, it makes a child helpless, not just frustrated. If they can't read the menu and understand what the food is then the parent orders for them anyway and they can't choose. If there's a kids menu they can at least choose from two or three dishes they know. Frustration would be if they wanted fries and can only get spaghetti, not that they don't know a single dish available and parents chose for them.
Kids menus are for better business. Not to make kids feel better. Kids feeling better is just a consequence.
We actually have kids menus almost everywhere now.
There are kids menus in restaurants.