Everyone Loves Babies Documentary Analysis

In the documentary, "Everyone Loves Babies" it was clear that children from around the world develop differently, and that it is through experiences and the ability to be exposed to different resources that determine children's learning and development. Even though in the video the four children in the video had extremely different lifestyles and cultures; at the same time, they were all exposed to many aspects of life that make their development in some ways alike. Two of the children were exposed to the opened countryside, while two of them were exposed to the city and more resources. Throughout the documentary, it was evident that environmental and cultural differences do affect the children's development and learning. In the documentary, the parents of each of the four children played a vital role in the development of the children, which was emphasized in their interaction with their child, and their formal and informal way of assessing their children demonstrates how these children reached their milestone stages
For instance, in the case of Ponijao the mother allows the child to do plenty of interaction with his brothers even when she breastfeeds him, she had another of her child on the other side of her breast. Ponijao has, let alone with brother to drink water from the ground which this shows that child is becoming aware that water is for drinking. Ponijao experienced eating together from one pot with his brothers who allow the child to understand that they are to share what they eat with one another. There was also another part that shows the child trying to fall asleep sitting down, but mother lets him as a way of getting him to understand that sitting up is not the proper way to fall asleep. Mom also lets the child interact with a dog this test to see if the child is afraid of animals or he is willing to have a positive interaction with