Child Rearing Culture
Running Head: Culture differences in Child Rearing
Cultural differences
This paper will discuss the diverse characteristics and share the differences in having children, and how raising these children in this type of culture will impact their lives. Culture and child rearing are both vital in child growth. Culture and ethnicity have a definingresult on the child-rearing methods that families implement throughout the world. Differences such as methods of punishment, expectations regarding acceptance of everyday jobsand therange of religious instruction will differ among families.Not everyone in the world will agree how to raise their children and what is considered to be the right way and the wrong way. Although many parents believe …show more content…
They usually view pregnancy as a normal, natural process. Because of this, prenatal care is not started until late in pregnancy. Maintaining a pleasant, stress-free prenatal period and remaining active during pregnancy are considered crucial for a happy, healthy baby. Many Native Americans think it is okay to drink alcohol and smoke while they are pregnant due to their culture. “Mothers who deliver children with FAS usually have less prenatal care than mothers who have children without FAS, (Kvigne, and pg. 6)”.
The Native-American woman usually prefers a female birth attendant, such as a midwife, although her husband, mother or father may assist with the birth. Birth is a family affair, and the woman may want her entire family present. Herbs are often used throughout labor and delivery and the postpartum period to promote uterine activity, stop bleeding or increase the flow of breast milk. Newborns are not fed colostrum for the same reasons that Asian-American women withhold breastfeeding until the milk comes …show more content…
L., Leonardson, G. R., Borzelleca, J., Brock, E., Neff-Smith, M., & Welty, T. K. (2008). Alcohol Use, Injuries, and Prenatal Visits During Three Successive Pregnancies Among American Indian Women on the Northern Plains Who have Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Incomplete Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Maternal & Child Health Journal, 1237-45.
Lee, M. (2012). The One-Child Policy and Gender Equality in Education in China: Evidence from Household Data. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 33(1), 41-52. doi:http://dx.doi.org.proxy-library.ashford.edu/10.1007/s10834-011-9277-9
Rousselle, R. (2005). Father Avoidant, mother dependent: The first seven years in a child 's life in classical Greece. The Journal of Psychohistory, 33(1), 62-95. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/203957930?accountid=32521
Parenting across Cultures Charles M. Super, SGI Quarterly, retrieved from, http://www.sgiquarterly.org/feature2009Jan-2.html
Theodossakis, Dimitris, Journal of Modern Greek Studies (JMGS) 2009 May:
Cultural differences
This paper will discuss the diverse characteristics and share the differences in having children, and how raising these children in this type of culture will impact their lives. Culture and child rearing are both vital in child growth. Culture and ethnicity have a definingresult on the child-rearing methods that families implement throughout the world. Differences such as methods of punishment, expectations regarding acceptance of everyday jobsand therange of religious instruction will differ among families.Not everyone in the world will agree how to raise their children and what is considered to be the right way and the wrong way. Although many parents believe …show more content…
They usually view pregnancy as a normal, natural process. Because of this, prenatal care is not started until late in pregnancy. Maintaining a pleasant, stress-free prenatal period and remaining active during pregnancy are considered crucial for a happy, healthy baby. Many Native Americans think it is okay to drink alcohol and smoke while they are pregnant due to their culture. “Mothers who deliver children with FAS usually have less prenatal care than mothers who have children without FAS, (Kvigne, and pg. 6)”.
The Native-American woman usually prefers a female birth attendant, such as a midwife, although her husband, mother or father may assist with the birth. Birth is a family affair, and the woman may want her entire family present. Herbs are often used throughout labor and delivery and the postpartum period to promote uterine activity, stop bleeding or increase the flow of breast milk. Newborns are not fed colostrum for the same reasons that Asian-American women withhold breastfeeding until the milk comes …show more content…
L., Leonardson, G. R., Borzelleca, J., Brock, E., Neff-Smith, M., & Welty, T. K. (2008). Alcohol Use, Injuries, and Prenatal Visits During Three Successive Pregnancies Among American Indian Women on the Northern Plains Who have Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Incomplete Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Maternal & Child Health Journal, 1237-45.
Lee, M. (2012). The One-Child Policy and Gender Equality in Education in China: Evidence from Household Data. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 33(1), 41-52. doi:http://dx.doi.org.proxy-library.ashford.edu/10.1007/s10834-011-9277-9
Rousselle, R. (2005). Father Avoidant, mother dependent: The first seven years in a child 's life in classical Greece. The Journal of Psychohistory, 33(1), 62-95. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/203957930?accountid=32521
Parenting across Cultures Charles M. Super, SGI Quarterly, retrieved from, http://www.sgiquarterly.org/feature2009Jan-2.html
Theodossakis, Dimitris, Journal of Modern Greek Studies (JMGS) 2009 May: