Despite her best intentions, Barbara goes on a shopping spree, and things get awkward when the sticker shock hits Isabelle at the checkout.

They say money doesn't buy happiness, yet Isabelle plays scratch-off games religiously. Then, when she thinks she's finally won, she has a revelation.

Barbara will do anything to get her mom to buy her the latest phone, including lying about her grades. Find out if she's successful!

Barbara wants to go on a school camping trip. Her mother Isabelle agrees on one condition: that she and her friends test their mettle and go camping in the building's courtyard. What could possibly go wrong?

Barbara is a typical teenager who never puts her things away, which drives her mother Isabelle crazy. Isabelle thinks she's found the perfect solution....

Barbara wants to buy some new shoes, but first she has to find a way to earn some pocket money. Babysitting the little girl next door? No problem! Or so she thinks...

Barbara is at her wit's end and wishes her mother would get off her back for once. Luckily, her grandma saves the day by giving her mother a taste of her own medicine.

Enjoy the hilarious misadventures of Barbara, the incorrigible daughter, and Isabelle, her cunning mother, in these four vignettes. Their moral: A teenager never seems to have the last word!

Barbara thinks she has the perfect plan to sneak out of the house to attend Hugo's party. But her mother begs to differ....

Isabelle comes back from a business trip with an amazing gift for her daughter, but it's not exactly to Barbara's taste. How will Barbara get rid of the gift without offending her mother?

Isabelle and Barbara are having some plumbing problems. Instead of hiring a professional, Isabelle decides to fix it herself...

Barbara wants to get the Scarlett Johansson look to please her boyfriend, Gaël. There's only one problem: she needs to dye her hair blond. How will that work out?

Michel Le Leannec, a pastry chef from Meudon, won fourth place in the 2011 contest for best macaroon in the Île-de-France region of France. French macaroons (les macarons) come in many flavors, colors, and sizes, but in this video Michel will teach us his award-winning recipe for Italian meringue macarons filled with salted butter caramel custard. Don't miss this mouth-watering video!

Michel Sardou sings one of his hit songs, "Comme d'habitude" (As Usual). If it sounds familiar to to you, it may be because Frank Sinatra used the melody for his own hit song, "My Way."

It's not exactly an everyday occurrence in France to be stopped on the street and questioned about your sex life, but most of these pedestrians, both young and old, seem perfectly comfortable with revealing their romantic secrets on camera.

A reporter interviews people on the street about their dreams. The interviewees candidly share their dreams, from the classic chase nightmares to voluptuous dreams of skinny dipping in a fountain of chocolate.

These Parisian pedestrians are asked to answer one of the questions from the 2011 philosophy baccalauréat exam: "Is art less necessary than science"? You never know when those standardized tests will come back to haunt you!

The Micro-Trottoirs team tackles a big question in this episode: "Do you believe in life after death?" People share their beliefs on the matter. One person remarked, "As the famous French humorist Pierre Desproges would say, 'if God existed, we'd have to file a lawsuit against him!'"

In this Micro-Trottoirs episode, people on the street reveal what they wanted to be when they grow up. From fireman to fairy, find out who actually fullfilled their childhood dream.

What gets you up in the morning? That's the question asked of these Parisians in this video. Some answers may surprise you, amuse you, even shock you a little. Apart from basic biological reasons or urges, there are plenty of incentives for getting out of bed... some of them touching and even inspiring.

In this episode of Micro-Trottoirs, people are asked what they think of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. Their opinions run the gamut: some of them agree with the UK's decision, while others believe it will have catastrophic consequences.

Micro-Trottoirs is interested in people's dreams and nightmares. Accounts range from pleasant dreams of swimming with dolphins to terrifying nightmares of people being amputated.