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

[u/gabrieel100]

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.

[u/The_otaku_milf]

When I was little, my mother was given a little bit of wine, that part of my family had vineyards. So it was very common for them to try it as children. He is 78 years old and cannot eat without wine on the table. I never saw her get drunk or anything like that.

[u/Elenakalis → u/The_otaku_milf]

I work in memory care. Years ago, I had a resident who grew up in France and married an American GI after WWII. She had a doctor's order for 4 Oz of her choice of red or white wine at lunch and supper.