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Message from: Rados R
About: Parents-child / parents-enfants

Sun, 26 Oct 97 00:41:51 EDT

Reading through our surveys , I conclude that , neglecting
some small differences , we have the same reactions on the
given questions , except those relating to what is a good parent ,
what is a good child , how would we react if we see mother
slaping her child in the street , etc ...
Well , it seems to me that there is a big difference between
american and french families considering relations parents-children
and conversely .
I have an impression that in France parents are much more
authoritative , and I would say that that is how it should be .
In America a lot of kids consider their parents as good friends ,
and that's not enough for raising children .
That's reason why in America there is much more crime , the
big part of the youth is into drugs , the family values in general
are much weaker than in France .
I think that french parents spend more time with their children ,
take more control of them, but in such a way that later those kids when they grow up are
thankful to their parents for being strict .
To build a well behaved individual , child must be limited ,
and parents should slap them when they deserve that .
Couple of questions for french students :
Did you often want your parents to be less strict when you were
just kids ?
Are you thankful now for your parents be more authoritative in those times ?
How much time per day did your parents spend with you ?
Do you love your parents ?
and :
Are you going to try to be as good parents as yours were ?
Or are you going to change a lot of things in raising your kids ?
Are you going to let your kids go out before the age of 16 ?

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