The Influence Of Culture On Babies

It is important because Children should know that their culture is accepted and that there is nothing wrong with having a different culture to other children. They should feel as though they can express their background and culture in a healthy manner. Respecting and understanding a child’s culture and background means you are letting the child express themselves and their culture. You are allowing them to also understand themselves about the culture around them. You should include the different cultural sides of all children in the centre so that not only the child with that cultural background feels important and accepted but that the other children in the centre can learn about other cultures around us in the world and know that it is acceptable

Children and young people often experience many things which have a direct impact on their development; things such as their family environment and structure, personality, hospital visits, childcare arrangements, and culture.

As I said before, during the beginning of the film I was shocked and slightly disturbed at how Ponijao from Namibia and Bayar from Mongolia were raised. Their environments seemed unsafe and unhealthy for children to be living and growing up in. As the movie progressed, however, I was able to get a better understanding that each culture is different, and neither is right or wrong. While exploring each different culture, you must keep an open mind because there is a good chance that their parenting styles will be very different than what you are currently used to, but that does not make their parenting styles worse than yours. If you keep an open mind while exploring other cultures, you could learn a lot from other people.

The World Health Organization suggests that mothers solely breastfeed for the first six months of life, and continue to use breast milk to supplement the child’s diet for up to two years and beyond. Despite this being encouraged all around the world, the percentage of mothers who actually follow this advice is only high in developing countries. In these countries, over 99% of mothers typically begin breastfeeding newborns, and many children continue to be breastfed through their second year (Brown, 2015). In developed countries, the percentage drops drastically. In the UK, and similarly in America, Australia, and much of Europe, the percentage of mothers who begin breastfeeding is high, 81%, but the percentage drops to just 55% at six weeks. Norway experienced similar percentages in the 1970s, but there has been a culture change that has led to 98% of mothers breastfeeding at

As an educator in an education and care setting it is important to understand a child’s culture who attends the centres, this is because we want to develop a respectful and trusting relationship with the child and allow them to feel valued and important within the group. Being able to have a good understanding of the child’s culture will enable me to be mindful and respectful when interacting. Not only respecting a child’s culture but actually understanding it and embracing it within the centre will have a positive effect on how the child will move throughout the space and an effect on the way they interact with the group. If a child has a sense of belonging they are more likely to feel connected to their centre and community and feel like

Watching this movie it was eye opening to see the difference between these four cultures. Observing how each mother was interacting with their child. These four babies each grew up in different parts of the world. I noticed that two of the babies come from poor parts of the world and the two from the rich. The two babies from Ponijao and Mongolia tend to have more of a rivalry with there siblings. The babies from Japan and America had more shelter and toys to keep them entertained.

“You’ve got the best of both worlds, mix it all together and you know that it’s the best of both, you know the best of both worlds.” (Nevil et.al, 2006). According to Hannah Montana you can have the best of both worlds. Kinderculture affects children from the very beginning of their lives, but how deeply do the messages from the Disneyfication of Kinderculture impact children’s lives? In the Kinderculture article by Henry A. Giroux and Grace Pollock they ask the question, “Is Disney good for your kids? How corporate media shape youth identity in the Digital Age.”

A child’s culture is a major part of their identity and their sense of being, belonging, and becoming. Respecting their culture is important for building a relationship with the child and his/her family.

The societal influences on early life are determined by a variety of factors, ranging from access to survival necessities to income inequality (Maggi et al., 2010). Developing countries are more likely to be impacted by war, slavery, discrimination, disease, and a lack of water and sanitation facilities (Maggi et al., 2010). Developed countries face issues around childhood exposure to poverty and the inability for some to access the services needed for ideal health and wellbeing (Maggi et al., 2010). Although the issues faced between countries are immensely different, the concerns for one child are no less important than the concerns for another (Maggi et al., 2010).

Parents develop their own way of caring for their child that reflects their culture and personal preferences. It is important to consult parents and carers about these ideas and preferences. Each parent’s preferences should be considered and should be fulfilled. Practitioners can then use this knowledge to plan customised and culturally sensitive care.

Babies in Africa versus babies in Japan have different life styles, but the one the concerns me the most is safety. When we think about safety, we think about parents taking care of babies at all times. Also we think about cribs, clean and secure houses, and regularly checkups with the doctor. The general idea is a risk less environment. These things fit to Japanese babies, but it does not apply for African babies. In Africa, babies are taken care by their mothers as well, but most of the time they are by themselves trying to get some attention. They do not have nice beds. They sleep, eat and play on the dirt ground, and they do not have clothes. Instead of having strong houses, Africans have weak, hand-made huts of sticks because it is the only material they can afford, and in these houses, predators can easily attack them. Safety is really necessary in all aspects, but it has not to be the same in all countries, that is why each person takes its own

This article Ways of Knowing about Birth in Three Cultures examines the concept of authoritative knowledge elaborated by Brigitte Jordan, using examples of birthing systems in Mexico, Texas, and Jamaica. In this article Carolyn Sargent and Grace Bacope explores the linkages between the distribution of knowledge about birth and the use of technology. It also demonstrates the valuation of biomedical and alternative “ways of knowing” about birth; the production of authoritative knowledge through interaction; and the relationship between authoritative knowledge and social status. In the Maya low-technology, collaborative birthing system in Mexico, the midwife and other adult women share knowledge about birth. In Spanish-speaking women are undergoing

The traditional childhood culture is slowly fading. It has changed significantly from the past and one of the main causes of this is Technology. Our childhood experience shapes our personality traits and it has a big impact on who we become in the future. In the past, the traditional childhood culture includes learning about your ethnicity and strengthen your family's bond, socializing through physical communication, and lastly learning and having fun organically. And currently, today's technology have taken over everyone's lives and it negatively affects the traditional childhood culture.

Research on human development has been much devoted towards determining when one should expect children to be capable of certain skills. Every day, our communities develop as generations of individuals make choices and invent solutions to changing circumstances. Our ongoing daily activities, ranging from learning when to brush our teeth, to learning the numbers on a telephone. Barbara Rogoff’s The Cultural Nature of Human Development discusses cultural patterns as they relate to human development. Human development is a cultural process by which devices such as language and literacy are employed by means of learning from one another. To date, the study of human development has been largely based around research and theoretical knowledge coming from middle-class communities in Europe, as well as North America. Questions such as “When does children’s intellectual development permit them to be responsible for others?” and “When can they be trusted to take care of an infant?” are vital in recognizing cultural approaches among different cultural communities. Rogoff’s work discusses the importance of increasing the understanding of the cultural basis of our own lives as those of our neighbors and those individuals we do not know personally.

The development of children has been a focus of the higher education field since the creation of the field. When taking responsibility for educating the future generations, those leading the field must seek to have a mastery of all knowledge in regards to development of children to present the best education possible. One of the aspects of development influencers that has become increasingly important to recognize and learn about in the last decade are sociocultural environments. It is widely recognized by professionals that the socio-cultural context plays a dramatic role in the development of children throughout their lives. Both positive and negative influencing factors contribute to the development of the child. The vast majority of a child’s socio-cultural context have potential a negative impact on the child, however if there is support from caring individuals in the child’s life, there is a chance that child can rise above the negative influences and develop into a well-adjusted adult.