Death to the Chicken Finger by Adam Mcdowell

Author:Adam Mcdowell [McDowell, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781927402306
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
Published: 2015-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Francesca, 11, at Le Select in Toronto

Alex Urosevic for National Post

Here are some rules for French children, as enforced in the cantines scolaires (school cafeterias) that are standard throughout the country, and described by Le Billon: A child is not forced to eat any particular food, but won’t get an alternate choice. Parents and educators don’t make a big fuss when children refuse; they just take the dish away and try again another time. When the next meal comes, the adults figure, the kid will be hungry enough to try anything. And if the next meal is dinner, the child is likely to have at least one parent there to help him or her along. The French also avoid scheduling children’s lessons and activities for weekday dinnertimes.

What French children don’t get is junk-shaming: lessons about fat and sugar and salt and a list of dos and don’ts, the way Canadian kids encounter. What would be the point?

What they eat is not up to them anyway, and the only culturally permissible snack time is the late afternoon. The outcomes as described in Le Billon’s books sound admirable: Simply put, most kids eat most foods, and you can fill a room full of French schoolchildren and watch the majority happily chow down on, say, fish stew or beet salad.

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