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A very unusual sight

October 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment

This is one of those things you never noticed until you see something different. It doesn’t sound weird. But believe me, its weird.

When I visited Norway back in April, I notice that there was an unusual amount of small babies. Now that I’ve been here, what I’ve noticed that is strange to me is the amount of small babies that are being taken care of during the days by their fathers.

Like I said, I know it doesn’t sound weird, but its weird. Its weird because there are SO many of them. I am used to shopping and seeing the moms with the baby strollers. But its like there are more dads out there with the babies than the moms. I don’t know. Its just strange to see the streets filled with dads with strollers. I don’t know, maybe its just me. It seems like I moved to a different planet where the men come from Venus too.

Its just an observation!

Tags: Norway

1 response so far ↓

  • 1 RennyBA // Oct 20, 2007 at 10:33 pm

    Interesting observation; something quite new and a change to the better even from I had small children 20 years ago. Parents in Norway now have 1 year permission with salary and normally the father takes quite a few of those month. Wish I did the same when I was in the same situation.

    Btw: Thanks for your kind words on my Love Story post and for your support to my wife!

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