Analysis Of The Movie Babies

The film Babies, that we watched in class, was a very interesting and a great example of how cultures differ in communication. It was amusing to watch the cultures that majorly differed from my own. The most surprising part of this film was the way parents raised children in Mongolian culture and Namibian culture. When going in to the film, I expected exactly what the movie was about, which was exploring very interesting cultures and the different ways of raising children within them.
The beliefs, values, and cultural norms in the cultures somewhat differed from what I am used to. I felt that I was raised in a similar way to the baby in Japan, Mari and the baby from San Fransico, Hatti, but I wouldn’t rely on toys or baby seats to keep my child …show more content…
When it comes to individualism and collectivism, Namibia clearly shadows collectivism because the mothers and children are constantly around each other, with the mothers teaching and helping their children. The Mongolian child, Bayar, clearly lives in an individualistic culture because the mother left him alone when she worked, which forced him to be self sufficient at an early age. The child from San Francisco, Hattie and the Japanese child, Mari 's cultures were pretty similar and they both showed individualism and collectivism. At many times they bonded with the children and helped them to learn, but at other times they would leave them to be self reliant. When it comes to uncertainty avoidance it was hard to tell which cultures emulated it. With San Francisco and Japan, I felt that some of the situations were very vague and some were well defined, it varied on the situation. With Namibia, the uncertainty avoidance isn’t clear, but I believe that because its such a collective culture the vagueness is common but it barley effects the society. With Mongolia I feel that everything is more well defined. When we saw the mom she made it clear to he child about what the child was doing wrong. The power distance between the cultures are very clear. Mongolia and Namibia have a smaller power distance because they are smaller groups that work hard in order to gain power. With Japan and San Francisco the power gap is a lot larger, but there is a small gap for some to rise to power even though it 's mostly inherited. When referring to masculinity and femininity, it seems that only Namibia is feminine due to the fact that the raising of children is gentle and caring. All the other cultures showed seem to have a dominated atmosphere and a need to look for yourself. Through out the movie child rearing in the U.S. and Japan was shown to be very similar, even in the category of