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23 Things American Parents Usually Do and the Rest of the World Doesn’t

Growing up in the United States definitely comes with a lot of fun, but we tend to assume that just because we were raised a certain way, everyone else had…

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3. We buy disposable diapers

As a parent in the United States, you’re used to going through a lot of disposable diapers on a daily basis.

The problem with this is that diapers not only end up costing you a fortune every year, but they also create 3.5 million tons of landfill waste in one year.

And even though this is considered normality for us, this is not how things work in other parts of the globe. In fact, in some places, parents do not use diapers at all for their babies.

Instead, they pay close attention and know the signs when their babies must go to the bathroom, and then they hold them over the toilet.

Even though it might be a little more effort, as you have to keep an eye on your child at all times, this technique potty-trains your babies from a very early age, which is great.

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