In diplomatic affairs the French are often viewed from America and Britain with exasperation, as arrogant, unreliable and underhand. When it comes to family matters, however, there seems to be a fresh burst of admiration for all things Gallic. Ever since "French Women Don't Get Fat" by Mireille Guiliano, a Frenchwoman, became a bestseller in America a few years ago, a new genre has emerged devoted to the failings that French women don't possess. Now attention has turned to the impossibly well-mannered offspring of these impossibly chic women, with "French Children Don't Throw Food".
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