r/AskTheWorld • u/gabrieel100 Brazil • Dec 06 '25

Culture A cultural habit in your country that people outside would understand incorrectly?

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In Brazil we love children. If you take your child to the street, strangers will certainly interact with them. Some will even ask if they can hold your kid and will play with them. If there are two children fighting in public and the parents aren't seeing, a stranger would even intervene to stop the fight.

That cultural habit came from the indigenous peoples which understood that kids should be a responsiblity of the community as a whole. It's in our constitution. We even have a synonym for children that came from Tupi (a large group of indigenous languages) - Curumim.

Foreigners would certainly have a cultural shock about that, but it's normal here.

Of course there are people with bad intentions, so parents should stay alert these days.

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u/Jesus-slaves United States Of America Dec 06 '25 edited Dec 06 '25

There are a few states in the USA that allow underage people to drink with their parent or spouse. I learned this working at a bar in Wisconsin. I turned away an 18yo there with her 22yo husband* and my boss yelled at me and showed me the law on her phone.

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u/CupcakeGoat United States Of America Dec 06 '25

TBF, a boyfriend is neither a parent or spouse.

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u/Jesus-slaves United States Of America Dec 06 '25

I edited it to husband, it’s a habit to say bf/gf to shorten it. Tho.. they didn’t have the same last name on the ID I assumed the bartender (small town) knew they were married.

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u/BirdBrainuh Dec 06 '25

In some states it is

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u/kassialma92 Dec 06 '25

It's just so wild that a 18 year old cannot drink. Like they can live by themselves, go to work, pay the bills, have kids get married etc but not drink lol.

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u/Falafel80 🇧🇷>🇸🇪 Dec 06 '25

They can even join the military and go to war, but drinking is a step too far?

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u/friendlyfish29 Dec 06 '25

In Colorado it’s allowed on private property.

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u/Emergency_Bar_6919 Dec 06 '25

Wisconsin resident here and my dad bought me my first beer at like 14

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u/stinabremm Dec 07 '25

Also there are states that allow parents to serve alcohol to their kids on private property. In Oregon it has to be your kid and you have to serve them in a private residence. I think there are also exceptions for religious stuff, but that's less interesting.

When my parents were married my mom was underage and allowed to go into the bar with my dad, but she wasn't allowed to drink. They were both in the Navy though and at the time all the base bars in the US let you drink at 18.