Actress jailed in New York 20 years ago for leaving her baby OUTSIDE a restaurant says American reaction was over the to (mother, adult)
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Yeah, no sympathy from me. I never would have done it for certain anywhere.
That is because you are not danish and not familiar with Danish child care practices.
Here's another one, in Denmark's public nursery schools, it is the universal practice for the children to take their afternoon naps in baby buggies on fresh air porches in all seasons!
Some people leave their young children home alone, too, for extended periods of time. Is that okay if they are from another country where that is acceptable?
One doesn't need to live in a crime-riddled place to know that lots of household accidents can happen.
That is not common or accepted practice in Denmark.
Denmark has very high female labor force participation rates. Familes of young children make use of public (not free) nursery schools and kindergartens and free, public elementary schools, as well as various kinds "after schools" to teach, socilaize and care for their young while the parents are at work.
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Maybe the ratio of Pedophiles to upstanding citizens is much lower in Copenhagen?
Probably true of all Scandinavian countries. And/or we have much better mental health support, family support, and a high overall level of education. May also be a strong contributor to our much lower overall crime rate.
Maybe the ratio of Pedophiles to upstanding citizens is much lower in Copenhagen?
We certainly have pedophiles in Denmark and there are cases of unspeakable cruelty in the news. But it seems to occur mostly in familes or foster care, at least that is the case with the most publicized incidents. There are also cases in instutions and the church. Public awareness of the problem is growing and so is education about the problem, at all age levels.
That is because you are not danish and not familiar with Danish child care practices.
Here's another one, in Denmark's public nursery schools, it is the universal practice for the children to take their afternoon naps in baby buggies on fresh air porches in all seasons!
Once again, America does not have to be familiar with Danish laws or practice those laws. We have our own laws here in the USA. Many countries have laws that are vastly different. It's certainly okay also, for Danish people to have their own laws. But Americans don't have to change their laws to suit the Danish.
Once again, America does not have to be familiar with Danish laws or practice those laws. We have our own laws here in the USA. Many countries have laws that are vastly different. It's certainly okay also, for Danish people to have their own laws. But Americans don't have to change their laws to suit the Danish.
Its not even laws - its cultural. Anyone who travels to another place with different customs, crime rates and culture and carries on oblivious is playing with fire. Her idiotic response simply belies some "cultural superiority" she imagines. And she comes from a country with far more cultural homogeneity than NYC - but even the most cursory familiarity with NYC should have indicated that to her.
In London - you step into the road the cars will stop. In Manila - you step into the road oblivious and all - you'll get run over. Cultural ignorance of the country you are visiting is a deficit, not a badge of honor. Her causal response to putting her baby at risk, in the context of the location and time, goes to her ego and nothing else.
Its not even laws - its cultural. Anyone who travels to another place with different customs, crime rates and culture and carries on oblivious is playing with fire. Her idiotic response simply belies some "cultural superiority" she imagines. And she comes from a country with far more cultural homogeneity than NYC - but even the most cursory familiarity with NYC should have indicated that to her.
In London - you step into the road the cars will stop. In Manila - you step into the road oblivious and all - you'll get run over. Cultural ignorance of the country you are visiting is a deficit, not a badge of honor. Her causal response to putting her baby at risk, in the context of the location and time, goes to her ego and nothing else.
She was left outside on a NYC street while her mother was inside. That's not an assumption of "at risk" it is de facto "at risk."
Although I live in NYC, most people would know that anyway. You don't have to have suffered the event you are at risk of to be "at risk".
Making an assumption that leaving a baby unattended on a NYC street isn't at risk..... - how do you make that assumption?
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