Cross-Cultural Child Rearing

Part I of Essay
There are many ways to raise children in today’s society. Sometimes, we in our own societies believe that the way that we raise our children is the correct way to parent a child. We tend to not realize the variety of cultures and respect the way that these different cultu ....

Part II of Essay
.... is present cross culturally. Most women breast-feed their children for some period of time, though some women in the United States start their children on formula at an early age. Women in the United States are amongst the few that even put their children on bottle formula. “In the West today, solid foods such as rice cereal is introduced during the first four to eight months of age: and from there, a steady progression of mashed and then chunky but soft foods are usually introduced, until eventually the child is ingesting more solid food ....