Misc
Infants in Vietnam and China begin this process guided by caregivers using low whistles for guidance.
What is potty training?
While attachment theory is based on a “dyadic” (two-person) relationship between an infant and caregiver, as in a middle-class nuclear family in the U.S., many cultures in the world are based on this type of social structure:
What is polyadic/communal?
Rather than being cared for by a single adult or two, babies in some rural farming cultures tend to be supervised by this group:
Who are older children?
Compared with white women in the United States, these women are two to three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related complications, regardless of income and education levels?
Who are Black women?
This sleeping practice, frowned upon by most pediatricians in the United States because of safety risks, is common in most parts of the world.
What is co-sleeping?
This is the official term used to describe the children targeted by the Head Start Program when it was first implemented in 1965?
What is culturally deprived?
This acronym for Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic culture points to the fact that it may be the exception, rather than the norm.
What is WEIRD?
Moms in Cameroon and Kenya provide more opportunities for their infants to do what independently compared with moms in the U.S., Italy, and Argentina?
What is sit independently?
This country is one of only 10 in the world, and the only high-income country, with no national paid parental leave policy.
What is the United States?
Parents in Scandinavian countries purposefully select this sleeping environment for their babies, believing it promotes a healthy immune system?
What is sleeping bundled up outdoors (even in freezing temperatures)?
As of 2022, parents of an infant in the U.S. could expect to spend up to $17,000 per year for this.
What is child care?
According to Keller, imposing Western-style parenting practices based on Attachment Theory on rural, communal subsistence-based cultures is what?
What is unethical?
This practice, which functions to increase babies’ vocalization skills, has been found to be universal across diverse cultural and linguistic groups in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, South Korea, and the United States.
What is maternal vocalization?
According to a 2023 study, having a baby in the past year in the US is linked to a 33 percent increased risk of this...
What is medical debt?
Newborn babies in Norway sleep in this type of bed for the first few months. It is supplied by the government and is given to the family of every newborn; it includes clothes, diapers, health information, and everything else a new parent might need.
What is a cardboard box?