The implication of that

So many things happening in the first pannel ^^
"Oh look, they're so feisty already! Proud future Vikings I'd say."
"Of course they are! They're our sons after all."
"Here, take this, you might need it, one never know with your neightbours..."
"Finland, my kid does not need a knife to protect himself, that's my job!"

Is baby Finland's stroller decorated with birch-bouquet and sauna stones? Oo
Of course Sweden would chose his funny horses.
I'm not even going to comment on Denmark idea of styled stroller.
I love Norway's dedication to his favourite food.

@Nope-pala Finland giving Sweden's Baby a knife I take a a reference to Sweden and Finland dating each other's Sisters implying he is giving his nephew a toy knife.

I'm really loving everything going on in the first not-panel: Denmark and Norway happily chatting while their kids have a feet fight, and Finland going 'Baby Sweden where's your knife? Here, you can have my extra.' and Sweden not being amused by Finland handing a knife to his kid. XD

But yes, poor America; she's being a solo mom regardless whether she wants to or not. I guess that's why American women with kids, who divorce their husbands end up having less to do than while married; they were already solo moms, they just didn't realize.

Yeah, watch the Taylor Swift video "The Man", and you'll get it: @1:51
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqAJLh9wuZ0

Sorry boys, it is exactly like this in the US in many cases. In the US it's women's work taking care of kids.

- just another childless catlady

@NaCltyGrl And along with that there's such hysteria about "stranger danger" that guys with young daughters who take care of them solo in public often get cops called on them in the US. Because people just assume they've kidnapped her. (It can happen with sons as well, but much more often with daughters.) That's seriously messed up thinking as well.

@Manabi Yeah, another reason why I am happy to live in Denmark because it isn't a thing. There is still a stigma towards male daycare workers but not as bad as other places in the world

@NaCltyGrl Oh, the message is getting received for sure.

There's just something... creepily heartwarming about Finland offering a tiny knife to Baby Sweden.
It's like... Finnish men love babies, obviously (fudge those who don't -ed.), but just show it in a... hmmm, unusual fashion.

-Here, honey, it's all yours.
-Goddammit, Finland, don't offer my kid a knife.
-Hey, don't curse in front of the kids. Anyway, it's just payback for you fu... ssing my sister.
-Well, you... fussed my sister.
-PER!!!!... sephone. Persephone, the goddess. True, that.

I wonder if this is in the past... neh this is satw there is no timeline

Plot twist:

Brother Sweden is not annoyed at his kid being offered a toy knife. He's annoyed at Brother Finland knocking his sister up.

@DarkMage7280 Toy knife!?!?! We Finns give children real puukkos! Not without sheath, though. That's an error in the comic.

@niirokujichuu Not to babies, we do.

Even evil has standards.

@DarkMage7280 I think I can imagine ...

Sign: "You must be this tall to get your puukko"
[knife dangling next to it from the ceiling on a string]
[kiddie chair helpfully placed on other side of the sign]

@DarkMage7280 Well he did the same with Finland's sister. We got Fennoswede out of it.

Wait, there are Europeans who actually have enough kids to remark upon them? I thought that wasn't happening even in Poland anymore. I go back to the Old Country to help my in-laws and they live next to some schools and the dearth of children remains horrifying.

@Honzinator It is more a commentary that in USA men rarely take care of their kids alone in Public due to social stigmas leading to risks of being accused of kidnapping.

You'd be surprised by how many American men will actually step up and take care of their kids.

@tigercub123 Why 'will' ? Why not right now?

@Nope-pala "Will" being used as "future imperfect" grammatical syntax as indicator of an on going action.

@FluffyRose thank you

@FluffyRose Not a time I've learnt at school or seen in my readings before. That's a pretty weird (and confusing) way to put it. "are verb-ing" is more common.

@tigercub123 A lot of people like to pretend it's still the 1950s for certain purposes, but it's really not.

Awwwwww! Now I want a mini version of me to take care of!

@SnowyFinn wait until you graduate college

Maybe get job as baby sitter

@AmericanButterfly that will be in a few years

The babies are so cuteee!