French Children Don't Throw Food

Toast and raspberry jam.

French children may not throw food, but they are hard-wired to protest. During my days as a "jeune fille au pair" I remember sitting in the garden on a sunny day and watching as a group of preposterously Gallic children marched around in single file brandishing sticks and chanting "on dit non, on dit non." The youngest striker was about 18-months-old, and barely talking. The cause of their protest was not evident.