No screaming, no yelling, no singing. No Power Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , playground bullies giving purple bellies to sickly kids. The raucous boys play polite, silent games of soccer. The kids with coke-bottle glasses read Marcel Proust. When parents are ready to leave, they say, au revoir, and that's it.
Kids come willingly.
No tantrums, no backtalk. It's totally un-American. So, when it comes to Euro-Disney, no way is a proud Frenchman going to get sodomized by a goofy, capitalistic, American mouse whose chief job on earth is to indulge kids. The Berkeley travel guide suggests spending three days at the Louvre . Amazing how even a four year old can embrace the concept of extortion.