Cultural Influences on Childrearing

In this activity, we will examine cross-cultural issues related to child-rearing, particularly with infants. We will look at the issue of sleeping arrangements.

Read the following articles.

Go to the UMGC library and find the following articles;

eEsposito, G., eSetoh, P.P, & Bornstein, M.H (2015). Beyond practices and values: Toward a Physio-BioEcological analysis of sleeping arrangements in early infancy.Frontiers in Psychology. 6, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00264

Morelli, G. A., Rogoff, B., Oppenheim, D., & Goldsmith, D. (1992). Cultural variation in infants' sleeping arrangements: Questions of independence.Developmental Psychology, 28(4), 604- 613.https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.28.4.604(This is an historical examination of the topic).

Mindell, J.A., Sadeh, A., Wiegand, B., How, T.H., Goh, D.Y.T. (2010). Cross-cultural differences in infant and toddler sleep.Sleep Medicine11 (3), 274-280. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2009.04.012

Task

1. Find someone who grew up in a culture different from your own. Remember that culture can be defined in many ways. Interview them about infant sleeping arrangements and practices. Summarize what you found as well as what culture you are describing. Be sure to useONLYa first name or a pseudonym (example: P1 for Participant 1) instead of their real name. Also, tell uswhich two cultures you are comparing.

Note: you must cite this interview:https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/11/

2. What conclusions about these topics did you draw after the reading and interviews? Remember you must analyze the interview in light of the course readings on developmental psychology.