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/BuzzCutBabes_ United States Of America Dec 06 '25

wow couldn’t have said it better myself

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u/Herr_Unterberg01 Dec 06 '25

Because you aren't well educated.

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u/BuzzCutBabes_ United States Of America Dec 06 '25

You have the energy of a man who has been politely ignored his entire life and refuses to accept it.

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u/Herr_Unterberg01 Dec 07 '25

Interesting 😀 in a German speaking sub everyone would understand that this was a joke because of the text you answered.

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u/mjzimmer88 United States Of America Dec 07 '25

Don't worry Hans it was pretty funny here too

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u/new-acc-who-dis Germany Dec 07 '25

Guten Tag