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raucously
Suddenly all the kids - who have been raucously playing - file into our dining room and sit down at the table.
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bruyamment
hot chocolate thickened with flour
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bouillie au chocolat
someone who eats a lot (very politely)
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un gourmand
white chocolate
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un chocolat blanc
J'adore le bouillie au chocolat.
It's me who decides.
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C'est moi qui décide.
Oh dear, we don't have the right to do that!
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Oh là là, on a pas le droit de faire ça!
a spanking
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une fessée
dawać klapsa (dziecku)
green class
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classe verte
a small act of naughtiness
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bêtise
a child's impulsive whim, fancy or demand, often accompanied by whining or tears
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un caprice
French parents believe it's damaging to accede to 'caprices'.
an annual class trip in which children as young as six or seven spend a week or so in a natural setting.
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une classe verte
holiday camp
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colonie de vacances
a full-time French nursery, subsidized and regulated by the government
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une crèche
gently, carefully
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doucement
the obligatory comfort object for youg children. It's usually a floppy stuffed animal
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doudou
France's free state preschool. It begins in September of the year a child turns three
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l'école maternelle
upbringing
the way that parents raise their children
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éducation
child king
an excessively demanding child who is constantly the centre of his parents' attention, and who can't cope with frustration
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enfant roi
balance
not letting any one part of life -including being a parent - overwhelm the other parts
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équilibre
awakend, alert, stimulated
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éveillé(e)
someone who ests too quickly, too much of one thing, or too much of everything
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gourmand(e)
the afternoon snack for kids, eaten at about 4 pm.
It's the only snack of the day.
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le goûter
the big eyes
The look of admonishment that French adults give children. It signals that they should stop doing a bêtise.
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les grands yeux
taxi mother
a woman who spends much of her free time suttling her children to extracurricular activities
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maman-taxi
whatever, anything you like
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n'importe quoi
to enjoy the moment and take advantage of it
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profiter
to punish
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punir
to tell on someone / to grass
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rapporter
wise and calm
This describes a child who is in control of himself or absorbed in an activity.
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sage
Instead of saying 'be good', French parents say 'be sage'.
Be good and shut up
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Sois sage et tais toi

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