For the (American) readers of the article, France can be an imaginary place where the parents use special techniques (described fully in the author's book, conveniently on sale right over here), and everything is happy and wonderful.
The part I liked about the sales job is the idea of supporting the child's autonomy ("Cadre means that kids have very firm limits about certain things -- that's the frame -- and that the parents strictly enforce these. But inside the cadre, French parents entrust their kids with quite a lot of freedom and autonomy.")
France is that magical place where the boundary line between kids' autonomy and parental authority gets drawn in the perfect mutually satisfying place.
The part I liked about the sales job is the idea of supporting the child's autonomy ("Cadre means that kids have very firm limits about certain things -- that's the frame -- and that the parents strictly enforce these. But inside the cadre, French parents entrust their kids with quite a lot of freedom and autonomy.")
France is that magical place where the boundary line between kids' autonomy and parental authority gets drawn in the perfect mutually satisfying place.
(Not French, but love visiting France.)