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Balancing Cultural Values in Raising Children : Article
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Balancing Cultural Values in Raising Children : Article
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Balancing the culturalvalues/differences in raisingchildren in WESTERNWORLD1
Articles about chosen topic There are lot of differences between the cultural values and belief in western world andother countries. Further at the time of raising a child, the values giving by his/ her parents andfamily members plays a very important role in its entire life (Fuller, 2010). Parents in westernworld gives more importance to individualism. Further individuals are given more importancethan families. When a child is raised he/she neglects the role and value of family. Religion isalso not very important for people living in western world (What are the differences between"Western" and "Eastern" parenting styles? 2015). Further it can be stated that people of easternworld are much more spiritual as compared to western world. Another difference betweencultural values is that of independence. Form the beginning itself, a child living in London or inUSA is provided with complete kind of freedom in every aspect which is not same in easternworld (Holloway and Valentine, 2005). Other than this, parenting is an isolated affair in countries of western world. Parents arethe one which can be held responsible for taking care and raising their child. Nowadays the trendof using childcare services are increasing with a very fast pace. Since in his/her childhood, achild learn what he sees and the type of people who takes care of him (Okin, 2013). In case ifchildren are raised under childcare then he inculcatethe values and belief which are inherited bythose people around him. Parents and children in western world are more practical. Majority oftime, mother help their child in doing homework and studying. This means that adequate supportis provided to a child by their parents in western countries. In western culture parents do not show love and affection towards their children. Thistrend is more popular in Asian countries where active support is provided by parents throughtheir love and care. The impact of this is that in western countries a child do not have any suchkind of bonding and affection with their parents. Every child expects that his/her parents showslove and affection towards him (Hoeve and et. al., 2009). Culture in western world do notrespects authority which is more common in Asian culture. When a child is raised then hebecomes aware of the fact that it is not compulsory to give respect people with higher authority.In cultures such as Asia, children are being taught to respect person which have senior in termsof age or authority. 3
The parents in western world also believes that all their choices carve future of theirchild. In addition to this, parents in are highly focused on one single thing which is ensuring thefact that children's talent can be groomed well. They seek for ways through which they can maketheir child highly competent (Harkness and Super, 2006). This means that parents in westernworld want their child to be highly successful and talented. Parents in which belong to westerncounties are not so dominating as compared to parents in china. Other than this, it can be alsostated that at the time of raising their child, father and mother do not expect that their child willtake care of them during their old age. The reason behind this is that start from they learn thatindividualism is more valuable than families At the time of parenting, self-esteem of child isalways taken into consideration. This also helps in developing effective and good bond betweenparents and their child. In addition to this, children also starts developing high level of trust andgive regards to their father and mother. Parents in western world gives more importance to face to face discussion. It can bestated that such kind of interaction plays very significant role in the baby's later life. In positiveterms, such discussion also builds foundation of good and effective parenting. Other than this,parents in western countries also believes that stressing is not very good for child future (Lewig,Arney and Salveron, 2010). They want children to become successful but on the same side ofthis parents want their child learn with fun. While raising their child, parents also lie to theirchildren in order to influence their behaviours. Majority of the time, father and mother lie inorder to protect the feelings of their child. Role of cultural values in raising childrenCultural values plays very important role in the development and raising of a particularchild. One of the core objective of parenting is to take care and ensure social, emotional andphysical development of a child. It can be also stated that what a child learns in his/he childhoodsremains with him throughout their entire life. The difference in cultural values of counties andperson have direct impact on behaviour of people. The task of parenting is really a tough one aseach and every child is different. Different countries have different culture which impacts thelearning and behaviour of kids. As per the culture of America, the relationship between child andparents is very formal. This means that children in the country are not pressurised to achievesomething and they are being left free to achieve their dreams (Steel and Taras, 2010). In4
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