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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You also have to think about the European families you’re coming across when you’re on vacation. You’re seeing MC and up who are also on vacation or who can afford to live in the very nice areas. 
I’m English but live in the US. Spouse and DD are American. Currently in Germany. We’ve seen very few kids on screens in restaurants or other public places. They’re interacting with their adults or coloring or reading etc. 
Americans seem more hesitant to do this and hand a screen over far too young. Kids are less likely to learn how to sit and behave when it’s never expected. 
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Exactly. It's totally selection bias. If you stay at the Four Season in the Maldives or whatever you'll get exposed to a different crowd than if you stay at a Days Inn in south Kentucky.  There are plenty of loud kids in Europe, but generally they are less coddled and babied than in the US, more left to their own devices than American kids who are often catered to even well into childhood [/quote]

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