Tag: children

  • Help Children Eat a Balanced Diet

    Help Children Eat a Balanced Diet

    Forcing a child to eat something they don’t like may cause them to rebel, and may not achieve the goal of instilling healthy eating habits. Here are some tips to help your child eat well: Don’t buy ultra-processed foods. Buy high-quality products: Label Rouge, MSC certified, AMAP, organic (not industrially produced, not imported from a…

  • People complain about children

    People complain about children

    People complain about children instead of complaining about merchants.People complain about children making noise in buildings that were built without soundproofing or double-glazed windows, even though we know how to do it and it was to be expected that there would be childrenall to the benefit of real estate developers who make huge profits and…

  • My children are bilingual

    My children are bilingual

    When my children were little, they were completely immersed in French. Knowing  that before the age of 6, a child’s brain is like a Rolls-Royce when it comes to language learning, I I started introducing them to nursery rhymes, then cartoons, and later video games in English — all in moderation, appropriate for their age.…

  • The circus school

    The circus school

    From the age of 10 to 15, I attended circus school on Wednesdays during the school year. We could choose which activity we wanted to do. The choice depended on which teachers were there. I started with balancing acts and walking on the globe and practicing rolla-bolla or diabolo or spinning plastic plates. I particularly…

  • Pathologizing children and teenagers

    Pathologizing children and teenagers

    The number of pathologies affecting children has risen from 50 to 500. There are more and more children per class, fewer and fewer supervisors, fewer and fewer school nurses, school psychologists and social workers. Epidemiological studies show that children have different diagnoses depending on their social background. File dans ta chambre – Caroline Goldman In…

  • Butchy chocolate-filled brioche buns

    Butchy chocolate-filled brioche buns

    Brioches with crème fraîche (sour cream) Prepare 5 hours before serving The higher the quality of the ingredients, the better the taste and the healthier the dish. Tested and approved by my family! The photo is of our first attempt (I cook with the children). You don’t need to make the buns in the photo,…

  • Home fairy – does it all without working

    Home fairy – does it all without working

    Gender equality means equal right to have access to work in the same way. The fact of assigning a job to a gender is not synonymous with freedom. On the other hand, if a person chooses on his or her own to work in a trade that is gender-specific, it does not mean that he…

  • My very hungry caterpillar

    My very hungry caterpillar

    The Truth About Butterfly Metamorphosis (It’s VERY WEIRD) – Be Smart – PBS: https://youtu.be/4RaCURU6A2o?si=ikmo4ziuOJIgKaq1

  • “La naïveté grotesque des enfants fait peine à voir” …

    “La naïveté grotesque des enfants fait peine à voir” …

    La naïveté grotesque des enfants fait peine à voir, surtout si l’on veut bien la comparer à la maturité sereine qui caractérise les adultes. Par exemple, l’enfant croit au Père Noël. L’adulte non. L’adulte ne croit pas au Père Noël. Il vote. Pierre Desproges “The grotesque naivety of children is painful to see, especially if…

  • “How can you frighten a man whose hunger”…

    “How can you frighten a man whose hunger”…

    How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him – he has known a fear beyond every other. The Grapes of Wrath – Chap 19 – John Steinbeck Comment peut-on effrayer un homme dont la faim ne…