This week Australian Olly Bowman posted a video on social media TikTok which has received enormous attention worldwide.
The video shows a number of prams at Bislett in Oslo which are apparently left to fend for themselves in the cold.
– A new day in Norway, a new group of babies out alone in the cold, says Bowman in the video.
– Shocked
The video has received over 3.5 million views and at the time of writing has close to a million likes and over 11,000 comments. Several of those who comment react to the fact that the children seem to be alone.
– I will never stop being shocked by this, writes one user in the comment field.
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– I think that even if I was in the safest place in the world, I wouldn’t leave the baby outside, alone, like this. It’s crazy, writes another.
It does not appear from the video whether someone actually supervised the prams. Several of them must have been chained together, and it is also unclear how long they had been there.
More benefits
Despite the reactions that the children were apparently alone, Bowman also points out that it should be good for babies to spend time outdoors. Several studies indicate that spending time outside can provide more benefits for children.
BBC has previously written that most Nordic parents will not hesitate to let their children sleep outside in the cold. For them, it is part of their daily routine, writes the BBC.
In study from 2008 concluded that children who take a nap outdoors sleep longer than those who do it indoors. It also means that the children are exposed to fresh air, and that they are allegedly less likely to catch a cold, writes the BBC.
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Sleep expert Katie Palmer says Insider that sleeping outside can provide several potential benefits, including longer and better sleep.
But despite the fact that there are supposed to be several advantages for the baby’s health by sleeping outside, it is pointed out from several quarters that it is far from risk-free.
Palmer points out that there is a risk of both hypothermia in the winter and sunburn in the summer, as well as a risk of being exposed to pollution.
If temperatures reach below freezing, then the benefits can quickly be overshadowed by the downsides, Atlanta pediatrician Jennifer Shu previously told Insider.
“A baby’s temperature can drop four times faster than an adult’s, and they can get hypothermia,” Shu said.
She also points out that children who sleep both outside and inside should always have adults nearby.
