The Movie Babies Sociology

Personal, Social and Emotional Development - This area is split into three aspects. Firstly, ‘self-confidence and self-awareness’, this means that children are confident with familiar people and are confident to try new activities. Secondly, ‘managing feelings and behaviour’, this means that children are able to show their feelings and know that some behaviour is unacceptable. Finally, the last aspect is ‘making relationships’, this means that children can play with peers and listen to others ideas about activities. Children can then also build relationships with their key person and other members of staff.

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.

*Social and emotional development: at this age the child becomes more independent and confident, they like to help adults, they start sharing with other children, and considering other people’s feelings.

A child develops through its whole life. They can develop; physically, linguistically, intellectually, socially and behaviourally. “Physical development is the way in which the body increases in skill and becomes more complex in its performance” [Meggitt, 2000, Page 2]. Twenty five days after conception; the body of the chid has developed immensely from the small fertilised egg. Up to birth the foetus mainly develops physically however once the child is born the child then begins the long process of development. Not only do the gross motor skills and the fine motor skills develop on the baby, but the sensory development also widens on the child.

‘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

Social and emotional development: this refers to the development of the child's own identity and self image. Some may want to start doing things for themselves and become more independent. They will develop a sense of their own identity. Learning to live in a family unit and with others in society is a vital part of development in which will be contributed by friends and family.

The film Babies takes a look at the development of four babies from four different cultures as they progress through their first year. The film does not try to answer if nature or nurture is more important to the development of these children. However, it does allow observers to explore the interaction between these two complex factors.

At the age of 6-11 months babies begin to babble such things such as mama. Babies at this age often try to communicate by actions or gestures and tries to repeat simple sounds that are used a lot around them.

Children’s development can be grouped into four different aspects: physical, social and emotional, intellectual and language.

* Be able to provide routines for babies and young children that support their health and development.

Emotional Development: Child has mixed emotions, but is very attached to their parents and get stressed and unset when they met strangers.

* Personal, Social and Emotional Development – a child who can communicate feelings, needs and ideas develops a strong sense of self and is increasingly able to relate to others in rewarding and appropriate ways.

Social and emotional development - forming relationships, learning social skills, self reliance and decisions making. Developing self confidence and learning how to recognise and deal with emotions.

Inspired by a true story, October Baby is a coming-of-age Christian anti-abortion based movie of the trials and travels of an abortion survivor 19-year-old Hannah.

The documentary “Babies” depicts the lives of four babies from birth through the first year. Each baby grew up in a completely different environment. Yet, each one went through the same physical stages: grasping objects, sitting up, babbling, and crawling, just to name a few. It showed that the stages infants go through do not change throughout cultures, even though they experienced these milestones in completely different environments. One could even find similarities in the toys they offered the babies. Each of them had some form of rattle. It varied as to what is was made of, but the concept was still he same. All the babies liked the motion of the rattle and the noise that made. This points back to the concept that babies develop similarly, despite where they are in the world. The babies themselves were relatively culturally neutral, a blank slate waiting to learn and experience what is around them. The cultural norms were revealed entirely though the parents and older siblings.