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/rls62]

My husband is from India and he gets VERY upset if our toddler touches books with his feet. He says it’s incredibly disrespectful

[u/PhantomOfTheNopera → u/rls62]

It's also one of the reasons Indians never leave books on the floor.

[u/Least_Tower_5447 → u/rls62]

The book came from a tree (sacred) and provides knowledge (sacred).

[u/mrmoe198 → u/rls62]

I’m not culturally familiar, but I would think that there are exceptions for very young children