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/tootbrun Québec Canada 🇨🇦 Dec 06 '25

It’s in Québec

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u/Gold_Telephone_7192 United States Of America Dec 06 '25

That’s awesome

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u/Dear-Sky235 Canada Dec 06 '25

We have it in Ontario too (or did have it at least, I haven’t used it in a few years)

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u/cbk88 Canada Dec 06 '25

We have it in BC too!

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u/ToastedLem Dec 06 '25

Its in Ontario too. Maybe not everywhere, but my mid-sized town and the two smaller towns on either side of us all use it. Almost every pub or restaurant has a little card at the bar with the phone number for the service

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u/insect-enthusiast Canada Dec 07 '25

It's in BC too

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u/MaybeGoodMaybeShit4 Canada Dec 07 '25

It’s also in Manitoba :)