Baby Babies Video Analysis

The movie “Babies” was a beautiful film I loved it I actually watched it three times and could not look away it was a very eye opening documentary for me. It is about cultures and differences within them it was truly amazing seeing the different cultures and there parenting methods. I was truly shocked that these four babies are in four very different cultures but all of them were reaching their milestones and developing all around the same time. I would have never thought that the parenting styles would be so similar to each other. In the documentary each child was loved from their parents and family. Each family was very different but all still spent time with there baby and loved them. The film starts from them being born till they are one-year old it shows you how they develop from culture to culture. It shows attachment styles in all four cultures and the results were surprising.

The 2010 documentary Babies by Thomas Balmes follows the early formative early of four infants, who come from different parts of the world and cultural backgrounds. Specifically from Namibia, Mongolia, Tokyo, and finally San Francisco. There were many common events that were evident in all four of this children’s lives and various child development theories that could be identified through this documentary.

‘Babies’ is a documentary film which chronicles the first year of life of four babies spanning the globe. Documentarian Thomas Balmès fans out to the grasslands of Namibia, the plains of Mongolia, the high rises of Tokyo and the busy streets of San Francisco in a study of culture, societal structure, geography and tradition, along with parental love and the impact all these elements have on child rearing. In the hunting and gathering society of Namibia and pastoral Mongolia, Balmès follows Ponijao and Bayar and in postindustrial Tokyo and San Francisco we are introduced to Mari and Hattie. While the 1:18 film has no real dialogue, viewers are able to get a distinct feel for each baby’s personality, the role they play within the family

The documentary Babies by Thomas Balmès is a film that takes place in four very different locations around the world. The documentary follows four babies and their families from when they are first born as they grow up and are able to walk. We watch Ponijao grow up in Namibia, Bayar grow up in Mongolia, Hattie grow up in San Francisco, and Mari grow up in Tokyo. Because the babies are from such different places, the documentary allows us to see what it is like growing up in cultures that we are currently unfamiliar with. The film opens up your eyes to the various forms of living in other areas around the world. In this paper, I will discuss the universal themes I noticed, my personal reflection of the film, the various

Babies (Balmes, 2010) is an unusual documentary film that does not have any narration. This documentary film follows four babies from four different countries: Ponijao from Namibia, Bayar from Mongolia, Mari from Japan, and Hattie from the United States. The film takes viewers to these four babies’ development from their birth to roughly around age one. These four babies are different starting from when they are born. While Namibian parents gets no help from hospital, American parents does not even think of giving birth to the children without going to the hospital. When the baby is born, Hattie meets the world with bunch of medical equipment whereas Namibian child gets no such test. Anyone who encounters Babies (Balmes, 2010) would realize how different culture affects children even from their infancy. Most distinctively, it can be inferred that children development differs by the culture of parenting, the child’s attachment, and the child’s motor development.

My favorite part of the video was when the elderly man letting go of his stunning horse that he had substantial affection towards. This very moving scene shows how sometimes you need to let things go because you love them. This video was abundant with meaning and emotion and I was very touched by it.

I even saw some people crying while watching the video. I felt that some people were crying because it reminded them of their loved ones who struggled through it or maybe their ancestors are from that part of history. It made me realized their feelings toward those people and country.

I previously watched a video called, “What do Babies Think?” In the video, there was a lady named Alison Gopnik. In her video she explained how babies are continually are processing probabilities in their head. Alison also explained an experiment on how a four year old thinks or process things in the brain. In the experiment, she had a four year old boy try to use blocks to make a light come on. The boy tried five different hypothesis, and finally ended up finding the correct way after trial and error. By using the experiment with the child, she showed how a four year olds mind thinks/understands processes.

‘Babies’ is a documentary film that follows four children from birth and their development throughout the first year of their life. In the document, there are two children whom families originate from rural areas and two that originate from urban places. The two children from rural areas are Ponijao from Namibia, a country in southern Africa and Bayar who is from Mongolia, a country located in Asia. Mari is the newborn followed throughout the documentary whom is from Tokyo, a very high functioning city located in Japan. The last newborn/infant that was followed for her first year of life was Hattie, located in San Francisco, California.

I went through a grieving stage after my mom’s diagnosis, and I saw people going through the similar stages in life. I was able to see how they dealt with the pain and how they were able to conquer their pain they were going through. I saw people get through it the same way I did, acceptance, family love and support, and time. To some people, those things mean nothing, but to me, they meant everything. I really enjoyed the video because of those reasons. It was nice to know that they too, were able to get through their whatever they needed with a new outlook on

I really like this video because Olga spoke about her past and how does she feel at that moment after she helped many children. I believe that her story is interesting and inspired because she gave people the way where they can find joy and happiness

I observed the two year old baby that I often baby-sit throughout the week. His name is Lincoln and he his at my house from seven til around four every weekday. Although he is very small and seems to be behind on development, he is very smart. He loves to play with his toys, and always has to be doing something. He is very aware of what goes on around him and he interacts with these things very well. He likes to repeat things that are said and done. Especially things I say or do. He calls my mom pretty often, but he seems to know the difference between her and his own mother so I think he does it out of habit, because he’ll usually do it when he is pouting, being ignored, or tired. He talks very well, but sometimes he’ll say something and

In the film Babies, 4 infants are being observed for the first two years of their lives which is known as the Infancy and toddlerhood period. In this period there is dramatic change in the body brain because it’s still developing. Each baby comes from different culture, which shows how the various customs can impact the child’s development. Four infants who were introduced in the film were Ponijao, Opuwo, Bayar and Mari. Ponijao was the youngest one among his family members and lives in a village in Opuwo Namibia.

In the primary video, to be responsive to family concerns and their priorities (Dunst, 2002), Sonia introduces a 3-2-1 sheet, asking the parents to tell her three things she should know about their child, two things their child is interested in, their one wish for their child. This activity encourages the parents to communicate with her about their child. I am especially drawn to this simple, yet useful activity, as it opens up opportunities to engage with the parents, and learn what matters to them and their child. Again, such activity is based on relationship and trust, because parents are communicating private information about their children. This is also a good example of family-professional collaboration to achieve

After I watched the video and read the chapter 8, I confirm my idea that babies and children have learning abilities and they are using their abilities all the time, when they are interacting with environment and the people around. As a mother, I noticed that my child could learn simple thing as smile when I watched her or copied some expression from her grandmother. I read a lot about how to stimulate babies before my child born because I wanted to give her the best environment to develop her skills. I also bought a lot of stimulates toys, but my child didn’t want to play with them, she only wanted to spend time with me and play with simple recycling things, such as, boxes and plastic bottles.