Comments on: Why French Parents Are Superior https://www.isegoria.net/2012/02/why-french-parents-are-superior/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2012/02/why-french-parents-are-superior/comment-page-1/#comment-445616 Isegoria Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:19:34 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=28391#comment-445616 I can’t say much about French parenting from firsthand experience, but I can say that the dogs are remarkably well behaved — or at least the Parisian ones were when I visited as a garçon. (I don’t really remember them from later visits.)

]]> By: Wobbly https://www.isegoria.net/2012/02/why-french-parents-are-superior/comment-page-1/#comment-444240 Wobbly Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:40:23 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=28391#comment-444240 Generalizations about the French are always entertaining, if not entirely accurate.

]]> By: Madera Verde https://www.isegoria.net/2012/02/why-french-parents-are-superior/comment-page-1/#comment-443651 Madera Verde Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:12:56 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=28391#comment-443651 Delphine was also teaching her kids a related skill: learning to play by themselves. “The most important thing is that he learns to be happy by himself,”

The key is to harness the child’s own drives for play, social interaction and other rewards.

The actual parenting advice doesn’t sound too different.

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