Neglectful Parenting: Film Analysis

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The film is basically informing the audience that parenting varies from culture to culture. There are no right or wrong way of parenting. What we may identify in our culture as wrong or unethical happens to be a way of living for others. While Bayar’s parents were doing labor outside, Bayar was wrapped up and tied like a package until he began to crawl; at crawling stage, then he was restrained to the bed (Babies, 2010). The style of parenting that was used with Bayar would be neglectful parenting. In Santrock (2016, p.171), Neglectful parenting is a style in which the parent is uninvolved in the child’s life. Hattie, from San Francisco, California, was allowed to do whatever she wanted (Babies, 2010). Hattie’s parent’s style of parenting

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