For example, Italians are famously very child-friendly, I’ve never seen anyone there act annoyed because they saw kids running around or shouting or making a mess. Is there an anti-Italy where everyone prefers children to sit down and keep quiet and generally stay out of sight when the adults are talking?
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I think the UK still skews towards the Victorian-era mantra of “children should be seen and not heard”, sadly. [Around 42% of ~~people~~ Leave voters surveyed after the Brexit referendum were in favour of restoring corporal punishment in schools](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/03/29/17/20170329-brexit-bring-backs.png?quality=75&width=1368&auto=webp).
EDIT: Leave voters, thanks /u/user7532 for the correction
Spain is obviously like Italy, up to a limit. Children are allowed everywhere. Even bars. But there is a fine line between shouting and screaming, and running and destroying things. Children are children, but education is also education.
Finns like their personal space and for most that means you give personal space for kids too. You would smile for a cute kid but for example random person wanting to hold your child would be a nope. Some Finns do complain that Finns hate kids because most would be annoyed if a kid is screaming in fancy restaurant or some other ”adult setting”. I think it also has to do something with our culture in which silence is a virtue and something to pursuit. Therefore a screaming child is bothering that peace. In general Finns appreciate well behaving kids and might get annoyed if a child is running around and screaming (= bothering adults).
Personally I like young kids as a concept. They are usually cute and funny but lord forbid if I pay 50€+ for a fancy meal in a restaurant and there is a kid who screams like it’s the one getting eaten.
Fun fact: I’m a teacher 😀 Although I teach kids from 13 years +. They are fine.
it seems indifferent (I live in Russia)
So child friendly that markets made special places for cars with little kids. So it will be safer and easier.
And they are always used by non-child people. When i asked them they answer shamelessly they don’t care about this rules because it is not forced by the state. And others that people dont help them so they will not help others.
This child friendly.
A bit difficult to answer on behalf of the whole Dutch society. Like in many Western European countries, the Dutch population has become very diverse since the last 60 years or so. But overall, I think our society is quite egalitarian (horizontal). There’s a general tendency to frown upon, or even mock, displays of authoritarian behavior. Be it within the family, formal institutions or at the workplace.
Despite this, in some contexts, it is common to see parents being direct and demanding toward their children.
Location: department store
Parent: “Put that back! *No* … leave it! Come here! Listen, what did I tell you earlier?!”
Kid: *Looks indifferent. Tries again 2 mins. later*
You get all sorts of people here but loud children in general are not seen very positively in places like restaurants and shops. Even near neighbourhood playgrounds you’ll find grumpy old people complaining of noise.
Ireland has a “it takes a village to raise a child” sort of attitude, particularly in rural Ireland.
We tend to feed whatever kids happen to be at our house at mealtimes, entertain them if needed, verbally discipline them if they are causing trouble, make sure that they are safe and their parent know where they are when it gets late.