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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an American who spends time in Stockholm and have observed this too, OP.  I also notice a related phenomenon with family dogs when they are taken out in public. Swedish city-dwelling dogs have -excellent- manners and temperament compared to DC dogs — even the same breeds. It’s like they are all highly trained service dogs for the vision impaired. Calm and confident, never leash pulling or inappropriately interested in every stimulus.

With both kids and dogs, a large part of the presentation has to be expectations set at birth.  But genetics must have something to do with it because you almost never see crying fussy babies in store or errands, which blows my mind. They’re all calm.

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Considering how many Americans have European ethnicity (since America is still majority of white, most of us) it cannot be genetically related. It definitely has something to do with culture and society [/quote]

There is a theory out there that Americans' ancestors were largely by definition people who could not make it in their country of origin, and therefore immigrated. The theory goes that therefore there are more learning disabilities and mental health issues among Americans than there are in those who remained in the countries of origin.[/quote]

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