Brown Motion

Is there a child fronting I immediately wondered but of course not. This is akin to tags that Costco cashiers and returns desk staff wear proclaiming 'Front End' which often leads me to think if the stockers and shipping dockers have the obvious 'Rear End' writ all over their name plates. They do not! The world is unfair. But I digress. Let us focus on the Rearor and the Rearee. Matter at hand is the excerpt I read in today's WSJ that an American author penned while living and working in Paris, France about why middle class American children (generally in the infant to toddler category) were an obnoxious bunch compared to their Parisian counterparts. Her observations centered around the French way of life, focusing on not servicing every need of their offspring when they thought they had one but rather letting the kid wait. Patience was indeed an virtue taught early she concludes. Also the conviction of saying what you mean (of the No or Non kind) versus th...