"I lived in Italy, and now I'm in Albania. Kids are definitely raised differently here. If a restaurant even has a kids' menu, it's just smaller portions of adult meals. You don't see chicken nuggets."
"I am French (raised in France but have lived abroad). We grow up eating the same food as adults, we are asked to try everything at least once, and learn table manners at school. Lunch time in public schools is a four-course meal (starter, main, cheese or yogurt, dessert) that lasts at least one hour."
"Several things in Brazil stand out to me. People touch your baby all the time. Random strangers will walk up and squeeze their feet, sniff their hair. And people will just hand your kid food. Everything from cakes to a half-eaten ice cream cone."
Parenting norms vary widely across countries, affecting feeding, social contact, and education around manners. In parts of Italy and Albania, restaurants typically offer children smaller portions of adult dishes rather than specialized kids' menus or items like chicken nuggets. In France, children commonly eat the same meals as adults, are encouraged to try all dishes, receive table-manners instruction, and often have a multi-course school lunch lasting about an hour. In Brazil, cultural norms permit frequent physical contact with infants by strangers and casual offering of food items to children, including partially eaten treats. These differences reflect diverse expectations about childhood, food, and public interaction.
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