Why Babies Take A Nap Outside Alone In Nordic Countries

It's all to do with perceptions of health, well-being, and age-old traditions.




Parents in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and Russia often let their babies sleep outside alone.
In Nordic countries, there’s a norm of letting babies take a nap alone outside in their pushchairs. Wander down a street in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, or Finland and there’s a chance you’ll see strollers and prams quietly sitting by themselves with a sleeping baby inside, even on a chilly winter day.

It’s perfectly acceptable for parents to slip into a cafe for a coffee and leave their baby outside with no qualms. In fact, it’s not unusual to see a mini car park of pushchairs lined up outside buildings.

The practice may seem strange to foreign eyes, but it’s a widely accepted tradition among Nordic parents and even encouraged by midwives. All in all, the practice of letting babies nap outside is perceived to boost kids' health and serves as a way to express age-old cultural traditions.

Draslo:
That's why you'd see them when they're grown wearing just a regular turtleneck sweater in 5 degrees weather whereas an African who grew up in Africa will wear two sweaters and four jackets 🤣

Olasyke:

Yeah, hypothermia is no joke.
A cold and painful death.

Solocoin:
If it's here you'll hear cover the baby very well so that cold will not enter her body. Nobody will come and swap your baby.

mariahAngel:


[b]Does that seem right to you? [/b]A black man and his low self esteem. 🙄
Everything the white man does is right, abi?

Even wild animals would never let their babies out of their sight.

meobizy:
That’s how warriors are built. The modern world softens them eventually. Their mental health is surely managed properly. Most developed nations have loonies ready to hurt anyone or anything without a moment’s notice.

mariahAngel:


Does that seem right to you? A black man and his low self esteem. 🙄
Everything the white man does is right, abi?

Even wild animals would never let their babies out of their sight.

mariahAngel:


Does that seem right to you? A black man and his low self esteem. 🙄
Everything the white man does is right, abi?

Even wild animals would never let their babies out of their sight.

Draslo:
That's why you'd see them when they're grown wearing just a regular turtleneck sweater in 5 degrees weather whereas an African who grew up in Africa will wear two sweaters and four jackets 🤣

1Sharon:

Nigeria, how market?

They're able to get away with this because the crime rate is so low and they can't fathom why someone would want to steal another person's baby.

https://www.iflscience.com/why-babies-take-a-nap-outside-alone-in-nordic-countries-65946

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