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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fact that the pearl clutchers showed up to this one just proves how American parenting is all about making your own life hard and difficult to prove you’re a good parent. I wonder what the French parenting hacks would be. Or if we’d even recognize them as “hacks”. Who cares how often someone washes their sheets, or if they sleep in their clothes! If you cannot smell them, it is all good. Put down your torches. Different strokes, man. And if we can parent good kids without their having matching socks, or if their teeth are fine without dentist visits at age 3, then… who cares?! (I don’t love the self-congratulatory tone of some of these posts, I must admit… don’t break your arm patting yourself on the back for training your child to carry their own bag. I mean, that’s good- but not the point of this thread!)[/quote]

I remember reading that when different ancient civilizations encountered Europeans they considered them very smelly. This entire thread makes sense in that context.[/quote]

So true! Europeans never bathed or washed their hair. [/quote]
We build saunas just for washing and melt snow for the same reason. I don't see how areas with drought were able to keep themselves cleaner. I do see the need to bring this point up every once in awhile. I would bring it up too. 
For many Americans: scrubbing better makes people cleaner, not standing under the water for 30 minutes and letting it run down the drain.
Parenting hack? Skipping playmates and most birthdays. Not doing those big birthdays with the whole class. EU hack? Not sure if it's a hack, but most kids don't need parental supervision all hours once they start school. They can get themselves to school and back.[/quote]

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