Child Betraying: Video Analysis

At first, the parents had an idealized view of how their life would be with the children because they had been in the process of adopting for a very long time. However, when they started their lives together they learned that is was

As well as the final example in The Other Wes Moore, is how both Wes Moore mothers gave up large sacrifices for Wes because they were fatherless growing up. The authors mom Joy, strongly encouraged education, having good morals, and safe

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.

They teach their fetuses about abundances, scarcity, safety, and harm. Annie argued that learning is an essential quality of life that begins way before we can imagine. It is important to understand the way mothers contribute to the learning of the fetus before they’re even

The “treasure” the young boy receives means so much to him because the two Could not freely express their love for each other due to their relationship being distant and uncomfortable. “If father hadn't been there I might have told her the whole story" This quote was later told by the boy as he grew older representing that special moment between him and his father when he presented to the boy a penny that would later symbolize to be more than just a penny, but a token of their relationship and still is a strong representation of how they shared, also showed love for one another and he doesn't want to share that special moment with anyone other than his father.

When Kevin sees his father almost dying, he begins to think of the fatherless children in the world. He extends grace towards fathers in general by thinking how important a role they play in a child’s life, regardless of the mistakes that they might make. After thinking about fathers in general, he then thinks about his own father and as Bailey puts it, “ The caring-the carefulness-which was the belief in holding on to something worth preserving and passing on. Love. Kevin felt the tide of emotion that had been at its lowest ebb flowing back into him again. He looked to his Dad”. (259-260). Instead of remaining angry at his Dad for previous conflicts or for accidentally shooting his brother, Kevin extends grace to his Dad when he chooses instead to think and remember about all the love and caring his father has ever shown him. When he begins to feel that love for his father, his emotions pick up and that gives him the grace to keep on going without emotionally breaking down.

‘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

In the first verse, the young boy begins expressing his feelings to his parents, starting with his mother, “Momma/Come here/Approach/Appear” (11-14). The boy is asking his mother not to leave him and not to just walk away from what is supposed to be important. The child is asking for his mother to stay with him, also not to push the family aside since he needs her to care for him. A child needs a mother to love them, therefore caring for them at all times. The following few lines the boy begins trying to talk with his father about what he is feeling, “Daddy/I’m alone” (15-16). The fighting between his parents has left him with a strong feeling of loneliness. The child feels that all his parents care about is getting away from each other. “’Cause

According to Goffman, newly admitted patients tend to feel a sense of betrayal towards their next-of-relation or in other words individuals who play a critical role in their voluntary commitment. Upon first entering the institution, Susana stayed to herself for the most part. She was quiet and spent lots of time in her room sitting on her bed. Furthermore, when Susana’s parents came to the meeting at the institution with the director, she chose to reject them and consequently acted mute and did not engage in interaction with them. Susana does not have the greatest relationship with her parents; in fact Susana does not have a strong relationship with her parents at all which is seen in various scenes of the film. For example, Susana shows up to her father’s birthday party underdressed and in return is lectured and moaned at by her mother. Additionally she has sex with her mom’s friends husband which highlights the lack of respect and relationship she had with her mother specifically. She shows no real emotion or affection towards them. Her relationship with her parents becomes even more strained when Susana finds out about the secret plans her mom was making with her doctor to admit her into a mental institution. Susana feels confused, angered, and rejected when she discovers this. Goffman further explains this sense of betrayal saying, “the last step in the pre-patients career can involve his realization- justified or not- that he has been deserted by society and turned out of relationships” (357). In Susana’s case, she was deserted from the relationship she had with her parents because they believed there was something wrong with her. This therefore explains why Susana had the feelings she did towards her parents. They believed she should be admitted into the psychiatric institution and Susana was in denial that there was anything wrong with her.

Father Cry was a heart-felt narration told by Billy Wilson. His story focuses on the absence of fathers and reflects on an era that is shouting out for the actual presents of fathers and mothers. It helps the readers recognize the need for parents and how that role is crucial in the development of human life. The book depicts how Christians need to venture up as otherworldly moms and fathers to the cutting edge. However, I was profoundly moved even from the first section as I read about the 'crying era', and as I kept on understanding I discovered new disclosure of God's adoration even in my own life. Sympathy was mixed in my heart, and as my heart broke for the broken era I discovered myself needing to share God's affection to the individuals

This speaks on a very deep level, in regards to the genuine warmth the author implied toward the mother in his piece. There is a subliminal truth of sentimental “value”, because the reality of this world is that all material wealth can be lost in a moment, but real wealth is not some slice of pie one luckily stumbles upon in the world, real wealth is first found in the human being, and the human becomes the reflective producer of these

" In this we can see that because they are different, they have been isolated and confined to be treated like guineapigs and many of the researchers don't even treat them or regard them as human beings. It tells us that basically the negative effects of being different heavily outweigh the positive effects. The Babies are also very different. They had all the symptoms of autism yet they can communicate telepathically.

The video has been posted on YouTube. It has been viewed over 500,000 times. The commenters are impressed by the baby's moves. One person stated the following "Wonderful! Quite an exhibition of energy." Someone else commented

“Everybody loves babies”, a trademark quote from the documentary movie “Babies” features an insight on the many reasons babies are loved. Although many documentaries are narrated, director Thomas Balmès uses a different approach by eliminating a voiceover. By manifesting this film without narration, he focuses on a learning technique all babies go through in their early stages of life. Aiming for viewers to learn from observation, as babies do, we are left to focus on the babies, their environment and interactions. Through subtitles, this film reveals the different locations the footage of the four newborns are from. By viewing the babies different upbringings from different cultures, we learn how the various lifestyles of each culture impacts a child’s development. The babies are Hattie from California, Mari from Japan, Bayar from Mongolia, and Ponijao from Namibia.The film shows the infancy and toddlerhood period of the babies as well as their development physically, cognitively, and socially.

The parents care about their children. The message is also the same, to also keep going not matter what happens and to not to let the bad things break you down. For example in "If" it says "Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating. This means don't hate someone because someone hates you and don't lie just because others do it. In "Mother to Son" it says "Cause you finds it's kinder hard.