Georgian Family Diversity

In today's society, there are various alternatives from the typical family type. The top examples of these are lone-parent, cohabitation and reconstituted. But there are also some others such as same sex couples, single parent and multi-cultural families. There has been a decrease in the number of nuclear families in the UK and an increase in various other families such as single parent families. But the raise in single parent households has to do with the increase in divorce across the UK which means that more people are left having to support their children on their own unless they become a reconstituted family.

In the film Babies Thomas Balmès elegantly and wordlessly captures the first year of life through the eyes of four unique cultures. This film follows four babies Panijao from Namibia, Mari from Japan, Hattie from the United States, and Bayarjargal from Mongolia. The main purpose of the film is to show how the four cultures differ in their behaviors with infants. One of the striking differences is the role the parents play in the documentary and how they interact with their newborn infants. In contrast, the film also shows the similarities in infancy even in vastly different environments and cultures.

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

This paper discusses the dynamic issues involving the diversity of multicultural families in regards to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic, gender and sexual orientation. This paper will also highlight same or different minority or cultural backgrounds, identity and biases involving multicultural families. How multicultural families incorporate their beliefs, cultures and values into a family unit as well as the transformation of acculturation. Challenges involving racial identity, ethnicity; where do people with different cultures fit in and make it work; the population of multicultural families has risen and continue to do so. Socioeconomic status in multicultural families

Italian American and Greek American parents are devoted to raising their children, and caring to them well into their adult years. While the Irish American culture allows their children to move out, prepared or not, the Italian American and Greek American cultures would not do this willingly. The Italian American and Greek American cultures believe that they will not have as much an impact or closeness, and their children could venture into trouble if not advised everyday of their lives. With that being said, Italian American and Greek American children often live in their parent’s homes well into their adult years. What might be surprising to other cultures, especially the Irish American culture, is that even newly married couples are welcomed to live in their in-laws home until they find, or until they can afford, their own home. The Italian American and Greek American cultures are even big on assisting their relatives in finding employment, and this ties into the importance of family businesses, where they will hire and keep their success

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.

Families around the world consist of many variations. The traditional family includes a mother and father of the same racial background and their children. While this is the most acceptable type of family dynamic, today there are families that consist of countless different types of deviations. Many children grow up with one parent, gay parents, or with their grandparents. There are also families that consist of two parents that are of different races. Interracial families consist of relatives who are from diverse origins. Interracial families include families where the parents are of two different races or when the adopted children are of a different race than their parents.

Georgians confronted a unique set of troubles before and at the begin of the American Revolution. Royal governor James Wright (1761-1776) had accomplished a great job expanding each the economic system and the colony and although there have been those who agreed with the northern radicals, many, perhaps most, did no longer support the movement in the direction of independence. One motive was protection. England, the most effective country in the world, provided a level of security that perhaps a new nation could not. It was the Spanish to the south and the French to the west that worried Georgians the most, alongside with the Creek and Cherokee Indians. Another was trade. The West Indies and England were both essential markets in Georgia, and many of Georgia's essential merchandise were used by the English navy.

Gerstel and Sarkisian both argue that minority families do not have weaker family ties than whites, contrary to popular belief, and that the reason for this myth is because of social class. Both authors describe how minority families aid one another through practical help, financial aid, and emotional support. They claim that minority families surpass white families in all forms of assistance for financial help and emotional support in terms of women. By revealing white families to be shockingly inadequate compared to minority families, Gerstel and Sarkisian prove that social class and money are the two defining factors that make a decent family. However, financial assistance seemed to be their only argument when explaining why minority families were not as loving and caring as they could be.

The character of Dee is a prime example of the issues of conformity. During the time that Dee began to reside in her new town, she became involved with the black nationalists. Dee unwillingness to to conform to white society led her to seek out those who shared the same background. She eventually becomes involved with the black nationalists. Her involvement with the black nationalists leads to her increased interest of African American culture and heritage. Although the black nationalists are heavily interested in African American culture and heritage, the ideals and practices do not seek out knowledge the correct way. The black nationalists do not respect matrilineal heritage. Matrilineal heritage is the……… This lack of respect for matrilineal

The principles for this section is to ensure that children have the benefit of two parents through shared parenting, to encourage agreement between both parents about future parenting and ensure that the child’s right

He was yelling for his life. I could hear the sound of the tar splashing on his body. This tax turns people into monster and it should be stopped. I thought this all through the night but I had no idea how to stop it. The next day I couldn't find my father in the house. I asked my mother where he was and she said that he has gone back to work and that the tensions on his place of work had subsided.

In Meredith Small’s article Our Babies, Ourselves she focuses on people’s social and psychological development through examining the different cultural aspects of raising a child. During this process she compares the American perspective of treating babies, to those of the Gusii and the Dutch. Throughout her examination many points are made that I believe can give the reader’s a valuable understanding of the impact of different means of parenthood on a child’s future development.

A mother’s love towards her children is un-paralleled by any bond between two people that exists today. A mother is willing to sacrifice anything in order to ensure her child’s safety and success. Despite the eternal love of mothers toward their children, every mother has a specific route that they think is correct when raising their children. For example, in the United States it is commonly accepted that a baby should sleep in a different room than their parents to develop independence, whereas in Mayan culture, the infants sleep with their mothers for the first few years. For this paper, a 47-year-old Indian mother who immigrated to American at a relatively young age was interviewed. The current age of her children are 22 and 20, both of whom attend college far away from home and have exhibited a large amount of independence from their mother. In Indian culture, it is widely noted that the child should sleep with their parents as the parents wanted to develop a stronger bond with their child. When I asked the interviewee whether she slept in the same bed as her mother, she said she did sleep in the same bed as her mother until the age of 4. The purpose of this paper is to see if immigrant mothers that now live in the United States adhere to the cultural norms of newborn infants sleeping in different rooms than them or whether they follow the same norms that the Mayans exhibit as talked

It is through this investigation that Mazzini reveals his ideas of what makes a nation a nation. By using familial themes, much like the Russian romantic nationalist, Khomyakov, he is able to portray the nation’s people more clearly as a brotherhood and the nation itself as a maternal figure. Both Mazzini and Khomyakov promote