People Are Revealing The Bizarre Things They Do That Seem Normal In Their Country, But Not In The Rest Of The World (17 Pics)

In Vietnam, we have a thing for wearing masks LONG before the pandemic simply because our main transportation are motorbikes and let's just say that we have a lot of dust and smoke coming from bikes and other sources (construction, cars, etc.)

Tbh, most countries find it weird and, albeit, dangerous simply because of the sad truth about child kidnapping in these countries. This really goes to show how much trust the Nordic people put on each other without fear. It's remarkable.

From what I understand, this also promotes the development of Brown Adipose Tissue, which is the brown fat that promotes internal warmth - it develops if you are exposed to lower temperatures. So, a really, really healthy thing to do. Also helps to keep you slim.

i believe al northern countries do, hear from finnish, estonian and swediesh friends. as lithuanian borth in end of november, i was sleeping in balcony before i was week old and nobody bat and eyelid

I'm Danish and my daughter slept outside - almost all Danish babies do. My sister lived in an flat, her kids just slept in the courtyard of their building with a baby alarm on. Even in child care they sleep outside. It's been more than 30-40+ years since a baby was kidnapped by a stranger in Denmark, so no reason to worry.

Well I am from Germany and apart from restaurants or cafes my mom left me outside to sleep in my stroller in every weather except rain. I am still living, healthy and rarely sick

Still preferable to people leaving their kids in hot cars while they go shopping. That's a big problem here in the US at least.

In Slovakia too :)

I remember a case in New York where a tourist got into trouble leaving her baby sleeping outside the restaurant. Was the first time I heard of such a thing

That's awesome ! That would never work here in the states . Too many nasty people

Yes! When I was young I saw this a lot!

This is normal. Warm clothes, warm blankets, roof, and babies sleeps better becaus of fresh air.

Its dangerous because in canada right now its -40 and even -20 is too much.

Genuine question, even if they are kept warm, wouldn’t the cold air still be harmful to them? When I go for a walk in the winter, I wear a coat, gloves, hat etc., but the cold air still seems to burn in my lungs.

What I thought freaky was this new mum's group going into a cafe together, leaving five-six prams parked outside half blocking a pavement (it struck me in Aarhus, not really a village) with absolutely zero thought about supervision or stranger danger.

But...what if someone steals your baby?

Same in Sweden and Finland tbh.

It just proves how much safer other countries are compared to America sometimes.

😲 I'm so confused.. do adults nap outside too. Someone please explain why is acceptable

i am 7 years old i was born in june 27 2013 in nigeria

In Canada you would go to jail and have your child taken away.

I am second generation Italian American. I remember my sister putting my nephews and niece outside on the porch to nap. Even in winter. They were snug and warm and getting fresh air.

My mum always put us outside for an afternoon nap in our pram. But this would not happen in the UK now - we have become too afraid and people have become more horrible..

I was often left outside to sleep, even in winter (Poland)

I used to do the same, and I don't live in Scandinavia. It's true that I always left her in the courtyard, simply because she used to fall asleep on our way home and I kept waking her up when bringing her inside and undressing her. The first time I was worried, but later I grew quite confident as she never caught a cold. It was deemed irresponsible by my co-nationals who even cover babies' faces when they go out in winter but have not qualms about boarding a jam-packed metro with a three-week-old baby.

It happens also in Hungary sometimes 🙂

I'm married to a man whose parents are from Norway. When my son was a baby we lived in a cold state, and they sent us a box of winter clothes from when my husband was small (they spent a lot of time in Norway even though they had moved to the States). In the box was a stroller sack (basically a snowsuit but instead of legs it was like a sack). That thing was SOLID warm, even after 25 years. Heavy fleece, very thick corduroy, several layers, hood, etc. It was too warm for anything we did, even on snowy days (we weren't going for super long walks or hikes or anything where we'd be out in the cold for long -- I'm a Southern gal, I don't do cold). So if that's what Norwegians are still zipping their babies into, they're totally fine out there in the Nordic cold!

My mother used to leave me in my stroller on the balcony so I could nap. That's probably why, at 29, I still can sleep in hot rooms, I keep it at a crisp 17,5°C 😂

Some weirdo here would steal ur kid.

What about the risk of SIDS? From what I understand, it's recommended that sleeping babies are supposed to sleep with as few layers as possible, even without a blanket in the crib, in order to lessen the chances of sudden death and suffocation? I'd be curious what the SIDS rates are in countries that maintain this practice.

Wtf???

Czech roo

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I would be scared a child will get kidnapped

if they are packed in a bunch of clothes which than is too much because they give off a lot of heat, what the f**k is the point if they basically dont even know or are affected by being outside? You arent getting them used to it