Babies Movie Analysis

Environment has always played an important role on how children are raised. Throughout child developmental psychology, many different theorist’s views on how environment effects a child development differently, or if it plays any role at all in a child developing with a healthy psyche. In the film Babies (2010), we are introduced to two human babies living in distinctively different parts of the world and we are given a glimpse of their lives as they grow and develop. In the film, we are introduced to Ponijao from the rural area of Opuwo, Namibia, who lives with his mother and his siblings. In another area of the world, the urban city of San Francisco, U.S., we are introduced to Hattie, who lives with her mother and father. These two children

However, some child developmental theorists may argue for or against this statement, such theorists include: Jean Piaget and Maria Montessori. Jean Piaget is best known for his theory that “children progress in four stages invariant sequence” and their progression is due to the child actively pursuing to explore their environment and creating schemas in which they would assimilate them into categories, accommodate those that don’t fit into the correct schema and organize their schema into how it fits into their everyday lives (Crain 1980). In terms with the film, Piaget will believe that the environment in which any child lives in, whether rural or urban, does not play an extreme part on how they development and whether they reach their perspective milestone due to what was mentioned above. However, Piaget will mention there is a distinct difference in how each child will develop due to how their parents impact their lives. With Ponijao we see that his mother allows him to do his own thing by allowing him to explore his surroundings and solve his own conflicts. Ponijao through trial and error he was able to figure out how overcome any obstacle,