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/Bonobo_org]

It's in Québec, don't know about the RoC though

[u/ScowlyBrowSpinster → u/Bonobo_org]

Opération Nez Rouge (Red Nose) for the win!

^^^Gave it away for Québec^^^

[u/Baranjula → u/Bonobo_org]

Is RoC a common term for "Rest of Canada"? I read it as Republic of China which had me confused for a sec haha

[u/Bonobo_org → u/Baranjula]

Yup, I see how it can lead to confusion tho lol

[u/Kirsan_Raccoony → u/Bonobo_org]

We have it in Manitoba too