...Klaus VALUE OF CHILDREN IN SIX CULTURES Pp. 244-245 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOZIUM ORGANISED BY FACULTY OF SOCIAL STUDIES MASARYK UNIVERSITY BRNO (19-21 SEPT. 2002) 1) Psychological-emotional value of children 2) Economic-utilitarian value of children 3) Social-normative value of children. Psychological-emotional reasons for getting children are for instance; 'to have someone to love and care for', 'because of the pleasure you get from watching children grow' and 'because it's fun to have young children around the house'. Statements such as 'because a child helps around the house', 'to have one more person to help the family economically' or 'children can help when you're old' illustrate the economic-utilitarian dimension. The dimension of social-normative value of children is expressed by items such as 'to carry on the family name' or 'because parenthood improves your standing and betters your reputation among your kin'. The decision for or against children is embedded in different context levels. Certain institutional conditions, the structures of opportunity, the relational and social network and the individual characteristics of the (potential) parents determine the value of children for the parents. For instance...
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...Children culture and inequality ‘Culture’ refers to the acquisition of awareness of one’s knowledge, beliefs, values, attitudes, meanings, hierarchies, religion, notions of time, roles, spatial relations, concepts of the world, and matters of possessions obtained by a group of people during generations through individual and group striving. (Spencer-Oatey, 2012) Culture give an identity to a group ensures survival and increases the feeling of belonging. Identity development Identity is an individual's self-explanation that stresses the enduring personalities of the self. To understand identity, the individual can justify the origins of these personalities features and the impacts behind those origins. Inclusive identity includes an interpretation...
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...The raising of children in two cultures. The job of raising children is a tough one .Children don’t come with an instruction manual. As we analyze the backgrounds and the cultural environment that surrounds them we can empathize with the parents who have the responsibility of influencing these young minds. When we look at the attitudes of children in the Caribbean and in the United Kingdom we can clearly see that the social expectations of raising children in the Caribbean contrast greatly with raising children in the United Kingdom. In the Caribbean, there is pressure by parents for their children to find economic success. Parents tend to place high emphasis on early life education. As soon as children are able to help themselves and established learning capabilities, they are placed in pre-schools. The age of these children tends to range from about two to three years old. The average Caribbean child regardless of its social or economic background is groomed by its parents to take advantage of the education offered to make better for itself. Scolding, yelling, slapping, and spanking are considered appropriate and necessary for socializing children. In line with what is fast becoming social norms in the Caribbean, children of all economic backgrounds are taught to try their best to work the system, that is, get a college and university education, get a great job and to earn lots of money. No matter the socio-economic status, race or religion...
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...Screams and gasps are heard throughout a mysterious Friday night. Crowds rush in to view late-night movies as a horror movie constructs its debut during its opening weekend. The horror genre is an aspect of pop culture that is always popping up, especially as the nights begin to chill and the leaves fade away. Moreover, these aspects are so apparent in the media, with trailers for the upcoming scary movie always appearing on our televisions and anybody around the block adding a little bit of spooky to their décor, but are they actually okay for younger children to be watching? No. But what about the ever-changing group of teenagers? Correspondingly, more mature then their youthful counterparts, but unable to handle as much as an adult, the...
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...What Dominates Children in American Culture? American culture is dominated by the media which is causing children to become lazy, violent, and less stimulated mentally. Children are influenced by everything that touches their lives. So it’s no surprise that the media plays a major role in molding children. In The Twilight of American Culture, Morris Berman believes that Americans are affected by the decline in the schools systems and are less motivated to read challenging books for stimulating their brain, instead they choose to spend hours watching television and playing video games. Since parents tend to use the television to babysit their children, instead of spending time to get them active, is causing children to become lazy. Obesity is on the rise in American among children. Since children are constantly watching television they are no longer getting adequate exercise. Although television and video games are not one hundred percent responsible for causing children to become aggressive, it still plays a role in forming their aggression. Some children can already have aggression problems, however by watching the violence portrayed in video games and television, they become more willing to express that aggression out on others. Watching too much television can also cause children to become less mentally stimulated. Children would rather receive information instantly instead of taking the time to develop their own view by reading. Berman explains that because...
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...society in Canada where is an immigration country, one of which is culture clash affecting children of first-generation immigrants by aspects: languages, beliefs and values. First, children who are second-generation offspring are forced to learn at lease tow languages by their parents. Most of parents from foreign countries prefer their children to be trained by their mother tongue first instead the official language of Canada-English or French; in contrast, children need to speak English or French at school. They are worried about their children will lose traditions from the countries where they originally come from; therefore, they only educate their children in their...
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...When I Grow Up: An Analytical Study of the Interpretations of Children on Pop Culture Elements found in Selected TV Commercials “TV takes our children across the globe before parents give them permission to cross the streets.” - Joshua Meyrowitz BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Advertising is a form of mass communication strategy created to promote the purchase of a certain product, message, or service in the market. It carries the messages that come to you from the people who pay for the media (Biagi, 2001, p. 227). It is also an act of popularizing something through mass media to attract the attention of the consumers, audiences, or mainly the public for higher sales and marketability. Tracing through the history, evidences of advertising is said to have started thousands of years before when people started trading things for survival. Thus, the rise of technology, industrialization, and capitalism triggered the success of advertising in the heightening state of competition worldwide and in every aspect; from commodities, to people and politics. The industrial revolution, according to some historians, is the root of commercial advertising (Campbell, 2002, p. 387). Because of the continuous occurrence of new products in the market and there is a need to sell them off instantly, businessmen tried the concept of large scale advertising to sell more. Over the time, manufacturers realized that if their products were distinctive and became associated with quality, customers...
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...tensions between the cultures they are immersed in at school and the cultures their families try to keep alive within their households. Being a child of immigrants or a child immigrant itself means constantly having to defend your place as an ‘American’ amongst others in society. They are more commonly to struggle with identifying themselves as a part of neither culture due to being fully from either culture. Peer-to-peer discrimination can lead to depressive symptoms, high anxiety, low self-esteem in kids, and make them likely to engage in aggressive and delinquent behavior which limits their self-control. Although they go through tremendous difficulty, research shows they tend to excel in later life and grades. Questions I will be exploring in this paper: why do the children really struggle with adapting? How do they incorporate both cultures without downplaying the other? Why is it they are more likely to succeed in life? And finally how did they ultimately overcome all the obstacles they thought would harm them? Moving from one town to another can be hard on a child as it is, but imagine moving from one country to another or one continent to another continent. This move can really devastate a child’s self-esteem. The child ultimately will be leaving everything they have ever known behind them such as friends, food, culture, and language having to migrate to the United States and be stuck within a cultural barrier. Children can already be so cruel to children of similar circumstances...
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...Early childhood children can identify different color, language, gender, and physical. Children watch the how people are different and yet the same. They understand their native language and recognizes the differences of another language. An anti-bias curriculum help children to embrace as teachers nurture the development of each child’s ability respect issues of diversity and be fear in the classroom. Teachers can create an Anti-bias classroom and the classroom environment should be Multicultural friendly that implement the education which have an active approach to challenge all prejudices, stereotypes or bias. In my opinion an Anti-Bias education is relevant because it reflects on education as a whole that is not based on if people are comfortable with the topics. Educators should have a specific goal for children and give them a clear cut educational experience. It explains how teachers should allow children to talk about what is going on in their world. Even in preschool children are expose to racism and prejudice, by implementing an Anti-bias curriculum children will have an opportunity to defect discrimination. For example, a child told another child that she do not want to play with her because the other child hair wasn’t done. This situation needed to be address right away because you would not want the any child to feel bad about him or herself, because the other children do not want to play with them. Perception by children that they are not good because of their...
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...to shape and mold the child's character, physical and emotional beings. Growing up I've always been fascinated by the culture and different cultures’ family views which sometimes make me wonder as to why they are different and how it affects their parenting styles and practices, behavioral expectations, affection, education, and physical punishment in child rearing practices. In this paper I intend to discuss the differences and similarities between the Belizean culture of Central America and the Trinidadian culture of the West Indies ways of child rearing. The two cultures follow two separate ways of rearing children in a study done by Annette Lareau; concerted cultivation and natural growth. Each of the two cultures I have chosen rear children in one of the two rearing styles discussed by Lareau. To begin Lareau provides evidence that not only parents but the social class of parents play pivotal roles of childrearing; due to the cause that the social class of the parents assist in the manner in which a child is raises. In Lareau’s 2003 study she provided evidence and theories of two specific types of child rearing: concerted cultivation and natural growth. Lareau stated “Concerted cultivation is the child rearing method that middle class parents use focusing on not only caring for their child, but developing a personality by enrolling their children in many structured activities and developing language skills.” Whereas Lareau continues, “Natural growth is the child-rearing...
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...unwilling removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from 1901 to 1970. The children had to abandoned and reject their Aboriginality, assimilating into western values and norms. Consequently, many suffered from the trauma of losing their families, identity and culture. Also, the Aboriginal children had to cope with discrimination from the white community and the fact of having their human rights taken away. The loss of family and a motherly figure negatively impacted the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The Policy...
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...American homes. Although individualism is widely received and respected in American culture, it is not as well respected in other cultures. One culture in particular which frowns on individualism is the Asian culture. Thai family values are very different from American family values. In Asian cultures the family unit is highly valued and emphasized, whereas, in American culture, the focus is on individuality. Values derived from the American family all suggest individuality by stressing autonomy and self-sufficiency of the individual members. In contrast, members of the Thai community are taught to embrace a “we” Identity. The individual does not stand alone, but is seen as the product of all generations of his or her family. One of America’s most prominent cultural values, as seen by Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel in her article Individualism as an American Cultural Value, is individuality. She believes that the way Americans are raised teaches them to become independent and individualistic in their everyday lives, unlike in Thai culture. One of the main values in the United States is individualism. Dr. Sponsel faced a cultural shock when she moved to Hawaii. Being born and raised in Thailand and then moving to America must have been some experience. Things that Americans take for granted, like saying “Hi, how are you?” and just expecting a “Fine, thank you” are not so simple in Thailand. Thai culture has greetings that are sincere and request specific information of a person. For...
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...conventional wisdom, “Children are our most precious commodity.” While this belief is deeply ingrained into our nation, social indicators – quantitative measures of social phenomena, seems to show otherwise (Ruane and Cerulo 30). In the United States, the infant mortality rate is higher than that of most developed nations, 25% of 2-years-olds do not have the full series of childhood vaccinations, gunfire kills a child or teen every 3 hours, 41% of children under 18 live in low-income families, whom make an income that is short of meeting necessary basic needs, and 772,000 children were victims of abuse and neglect in 2008. The ideal culture – values and norms each society claims as central to its modus operandi – comes into conflict with our real culture – value and norms actually executed and...
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...Overrepresentation in Child Welfare In Child Welfare, there is an overrepresentation of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) in child welfare. Children of color are more likely to be removed from their home, more likely to be investigated by social workers, and more likely to be screened for abuse or neglect in medical settings. Overrepresentation of children in child welfare means that there is a disproportionate number of children of a certain racial or ethnic identity involved in child welfare compared to the total racial or ethnic identity in a community or national population. More specifically, Native American children are overrepresented in Child Welfare. Native children make up around 1% of the entire United States population,...
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...Developmentally Appropriate Teaching Strategies Teachers in today’s classrooms have a challenging position in making sure to use developmentally appropriate teaching strategies with culturally diverse children. Not all children learn and understand information in the same way especially, when coming from different cultures. Developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) teaching strategies can aid teachers in helping children meet certain learning goals. Teachers can select a DAP teaching strategy that is suitable with the particular culturally diverse classroom to help every child learn. Although DAP teaching strategies are effective for culturally diverse children, teachers may encounter challenges when utilizing a teaching strategy. Stereotyping is a challenge that teachers may encounter when ensuring teaching strategies are developmentally appropriate for culturally diverse children. Teachers should not make decisions about a child such as who the child is or their abilities based on their culture. Teachers may compare one child to another when the children share the same cultural background and then assume that using the same teaching strategy will be effective for all children from that same culture. A teacher should not base a child’s abilities or weaknesses on the culture of the child. Even positive stereotyping does not get positive results. Kemick (2010) noted that studies in the past have shown that if an individual suspects they are being stereotyped they tend...
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