SaligoBay Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 Just browsing Expatica, haven't looked at it for a while. Article about les colonies de vacances, http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=10272how they're less popular than they used to be, due to rising costs, fear of paedophiles, and...."On top of that the nature of families is changing. With divorce now commonplace, many French children have in effect two households and summers tend to be booked up by the absent parent, while grandparents are also playing a much more active role in childcare.""It is the symptom of a society that is breaking up into clubs, corporations, clans. It goes hand-in-hand with the new individualism," says Urbain.This kind of stuff crops up all over the place. Paedophilia, high rates of cancer, rising crime, breakdown of society, commonplace divorce, drugs available on the streets, immigration problems, problems in the health service. It's all starting to sound a bit British, don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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