Cultural Attachment In The Film 'Everybody Loves: Babies'

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Cultural Attachment Attachment is defined as the “development of strong ties of affection as a result of interaction between an infant and a significant other” (McKinney 1518). In the film “Everybody loves… Babies”, several cultures portrayed attachment techniques specifically between infant and mother. The four different areas of culture portrayed in the movie are Africa, Mongolia, Japan, and the USA. Of course, every area of the world has different ways of living, and development, which has a major effects on the strength and development of bonding. The film particularly showed the attachment process starting from birth, and displayed the day to day living in these areas of the world. In the film “Everybody loves… Babies” the attachment techniques …show more content…

The poverty can have a huge influence on how children share a bond and develop various attachment techniques. For starters, in the film, in USA and Japan, the child and mother were fortunate enough to have group classes to aid in their bonding. The cities in Africa and Mongolia did not have these moments of bonding. Instead, in Africa, the mother and child predominantly bonded through feeding. In Mongolia, the mother had little to no attachment with the infant. Throughout the film the child was shown tied to something, as he was left alone while the mother was working outside. This is a big amount of independency for the infant to handle so soon, which may or may not affect his development and trust in others. In Africa, as said above, the prime techniques of attachment are breast feeding and close contact with the infant. As Africa is a country of poverty, the mothers do not have the luxury of going to the supermarket and purchasing baby formula, and baby food. Instead, mothers rely on their bodies. Breast feeding was continuously shown for the mother in Africa because the child and mother gained attachment through fulfilling the infants’ basic need. The mother in Africa also cared for the infants needs by cleaning him with her saliva. This is another example of how poverty in this area of the world can affect their daily living compared to areas like the

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