I pride myself on being quite experienced in taking my children out on my own. My feelings are:
1. There is indeed a difference between the concepts of China and foreign countries.
2, because of the difference in concepts, so many convenient equipment that can be bought in foreign countries, China is not convenient to buy, the use rate is not high.
3. There is a huge difference in the friendliness of the society. If a person with a child to go out everywhere inconvenient, to eliminate all the difficulties, then naturally not many "(female) Monkey King" can accomplish the task. But this is exactly what individuals cannot improve. I feel that it is easier for a person to take a child abroad than it is for a person to take a child and walk in Beijing.
Granville Island, Vancouver. The first thing I'd like to do is to get the kids out of Vancouver and into the country.
First of all, there is a difference in perception.
I often see foreigners with three or four children in some neighboring destinations, such as South Korea or Southeast Asia, and no one is surprised. And Chinese people, in some areas of a female free travel have become a rare thing; Bali Kuta area so lively place to shop alone, shopkeepers said you a person ah really rare ah you Chinese are a group of people to a group. This is an outsider's opinion, but everywhere I go, there are compatriots pointing out that I shouldn't go out alone with my kids; but the strange thing is that most of the people accusing me are middle-aged men, and the women or older people would only express curiosity and ask me a lot of questions about the practicalities of doing it, and I feel that they want to go out with their kids. Hopefully they can convince the older men in the family.
The second issue is equipment.
Seo went to Korea with me when she was less than 2 months old, then England, Canada, Cambodia, and Thailand....... She's moderately developed and has been able to stay in the carrier, allowing me to be a "kangaroo mom". Even Mr. F is proficient in using the carrier to take her out.
A comparison of different carriers can be found here. /s/blog_5939c81c0102uvy7.html? (I can't find the hyperlink to set it up. Just go to my blog and search for "traveling with kids (3) baby carriers")
In Beijing, I use a baby safety sleeper or seat when I'm driving alone with my kids.
When I was in Canada, because I had a job, I was able to rent strollers, safety seats, and temporary babysitters locally.
All 5-star hotels can provide cribs and breast warmers, and some can provide sterilizing equipment. I myself carry sanitizing tablets for use up to 1 year old. For older children, the hotels will also have special entertainment classes.
All airlines allow children's strollers to be checked at the gate and claimed immediately after disembarkation, and they do not count towards the baggage allowance.
Air Canada gives every passenger with a small child a garbage bag (which can be tied) before takeoff so that the child doesn't have to change a diaper while the bathroom is closed. For older kids, there's also the Carrty Potty, a "carry-on toilet".
International flights offer baby bassinets for infants; ask the airline for details on how to apply.
But most people are so inexperienced that they don't even know they exist.
Air China's baby cradle. Xu lifetime February.
Finally, there's the social environment.
In foreign countries, the vast majority of places I've been to have diaper stations in the bathrooms. Some also have family bathrooms for dads with daughters or moms with sons. The diaper stations in London are usually in conjunction with wheelchair bathrooms, and strollers can go in there as well. There are also diaper vending machines next to the diaper stations.
Most places in London and Vancouver have automatic wheelchair/stroller gates that are sensory or at the push of a button.
The buses have wheelchair/stroller-only spaces.
Most subway stations are accessible. The very few that are handicapped will have dedicated citizens offering to help you lift the car.
And domestically, I've been to quite a few cities with my kids. The airports in Beijing and Shanghai are nothing to write home about, and are exactly the same as abroad in those respects. Unfortunately, it's limited to the airports.
The sidewalks themselves are not designed to be accessible, not to mention the parking everywhere. Walking around, there were cars parked at the entrance to a sidewalk ramp, cars parked on the sidewalk, and even cars parked in the bike lane. Am I going to push my stroller into the motor vehicle lane to get killed? And it's absolutely common. In Beijing, it is difficult to get around with a stroller.
Not to mention the bad air, people taking the baby away, no place to change the diaper, etc. etc.
This is why it takes a large family to bring a baby in China. So the fact that it takes a large family to get a child out of the house in this country really isn't surprising at all, and there's nothing to point out.
A mall in Vancouver. The women's restroom has a special nursing room.
Bus in London, this space is for two strollers or a wheelchair.
Lastly, I would like to say: if social facilities can make it easy for babies to travel and for the disabled to travel now, we will only be able to travel easily when we are old in the future. Otherwise, you and I will only have room for square dancing in the neighborhood open space in our old age - and maybe not even then.