Norway - Culture Smart! by March Linda; Meyer Margo; Culture Smart!

Author:March, Linda; Meyer, Margo; Culture Smart!
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kuperard
Published: 2019-03-04T16:00:00+00:00

ATTITUDES TOWARD CHILDREN

Norway is a very child friendly society, but that does not mean that Norwegians mollycoddle their children, in fact, far from it. With the majority of mothers working, children tend to be independent from an early age. The young children of working parents may attend a barnehage (kindergarten or nursery) or spend the day with a dagmamma (registered day-care provider). The use of private nannies is not so common.

Although parents may accompany children when they start school, at age six, children soon make their own way there and back. It is virtually unheard of for children to be taken to school by car, as has become the custom in many other countries. In the towns and suburbs children have safe routes to school via pavements, cycle tracks, pedestrian crossings, bridges, and underpasses. Quite young children walk or cycle home and then look after themselves, playing and fixing themselves food if they are hungry, until their parents arrive home from work.

Norway has a reputation as a “safe” country, which means that children are granted much greater freedom to roam than in many other places, where parents fear danger on every corner. Road traffic in Norway is relatively light and speed limits, particularly in residential areas, are very low and controlled by speed bumps. Motorists should also be aware that children have the right to stop the traffic when they wish to cross by putting out their hand.

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