Cultural Differences in Caring for Infants

Cultural Differences in Caring of Infants
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Cultural Differences in Caring of Infants Different communities have different ways of life. People believe their customs, rituals, ideologies, and other essential aspects distinguish them from other societies. The difference stated in the second statement is what we call culture. Culture also affects their way of bringing up their children based on their primary principles that shape and transform them from children to mature human beings who portray who they are and where they come from. Many factors determine child development from the onset of birth to the age where they are considered fully mature men and women who can go out on their own to make a living. Some of these factors include primary caretakers, parents' role in their children's life, especially the father, their feeding and sleeping habits, and finally, their games. These factors are usually around them from when they are walking and learning the environment around them to when they fully mature. According to Jean Piaget, there are four stages of cognitive development. These stages are categorized based on age. They include the sensorimotor stage, which begins from birth to two years. The preoperational stage is the second stage which starts from two years to seven years. This concrete operational stage is the third stage, and it begins from seven years to eleven. Finally, the formal active stage is the last, and it starts from twelve years unto adulthood (McLeod, 2020). Culture plays a vital role in these different stages of child cognitive development. The cultural context/the surrounding, the social interactions, cultural experiences, and beliefs. In this paper, the influence of culture on infants' growth and development will be the main focus. This issue is to be approached from a comparative perspective between the writer's culture and a different culture. The main factors to be discussed include sleeping habits, feeding habits, the children's primary caretakers, children's games and toys, and finally, fathers' role in both cultures. Below is a cultural table between the writer's culture (name of culture) and the Indian culture.  
My own culture (name of culture)
The Indian culture
Sleeping
In my own culture, children between birth and two years sleep between twelve and fourteen years. Those between two to twelve years sleep for nine or ten hours. Beyond twelve years, they usually sleep for around eight hours. This sleeping pattern is appropriate according to international health standards with regards to sleeping in children.
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