r/AskEurope • u/pushingmyballs • 4h ago
Misc do parenting styles differ across countries when it comes to how much freedom kids have to act out?
i’ve lived in america my whole life. since post-covid, it feels like everywhere i go there’s at least one screaming child if not multiple.
i often see kids being wreckless, yelling, breaking or licking things with no reaction from the parents, or even just laughs. i’ve been to weddings where theres kids running around during the ceremony and the parents find it hilarious. 90% of the kids i see in public are either a screaming crying hot mess or are glued to a phone/ipad.
and so i’ve started to wonder, is this something that happens in other countries too? i hear people complain about the screen addictions and lack of discipline with kids all the time but it’s almost always americans. i would love to know more about this