Babies Grow In Different Cultures

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Babies all grow about the same but babies grow in different environments and live different lives than others. Hattie and Mari both had mommy and me classes plus had playdates with other babies and grew in a safe environment with good living conditions. Ponijao and Bayar both lived in tents and didn’t have much supervision and lived around animals that weren't the cleanest. Mari’s life compared to Ponijao is a polar opposite, Mari rarely had been left alone and all her needs were met and she was playing with other babies and interacting with her parents. Bayar was left alone a lot and had rare interactions with his parents he only got to play with his sibling and the cows and other farm animals. Hattie and Ponijao are complete opposites just like Bayar and Mari, …show more content…

Hattie and Bayar are in different cultures and don’t treated the same. Bayar’s mom leaves him alone while Hattie is never left alone. Each of the cultures in this video are different but some have similarities and others would never do that but to them it’s the way of life and they are doing what they can to make this baby grow big and strong. Each culture has their ups and downs with the babies but all of them are loved by their moms and have a bright future to grow up and learn how to develop all their skills and make who they are. All babies are different and are each special in their own ways they may grow in different environments but are each their own person and no matter if one grows in a better environment or not all 4 of these babies are different clean baby or dirty baby poverty or rich they all grow the same and each develop valuable skills that will last them for ever. I have realised how much babies in different areas have such a different view on how they raise their children and their living conditions or even how they treat the child from ignoring it to giving it all their

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