Family's Cultural Expectations

A family’s cultural expectations are an important factor that influences the curriculum in a classroom. A teacher must take into consideration and respect every family’s cultural expectations. Not every family is going to think the same and a teacher must learn to respect those differences. In the book it states that some families might want their infant to start eating solid foods at 4 months and other might want them to start after 9 months. Every family has different expectations, ideas about child-rearing, and parenting techniques. As a teacher, sometimes you will have to incorporate or reinforce the family’s child-rearing practices. Since it is our goal to create partnerships with families and to support them, their expectations, ideas,