Specifically, I will demonstrate how this condition has been determined, when Lee discusses about child rearing in the Wintu Indian culture. In most cultures, there are dissimilar methods of child rearing. ... I say this because, in one culture, Lee scrutinizes that a child has extremely long hair going over his eyes and the child did not get a haircut yet. ... When a child is starving, they will provender themselves, when a child is drowsy, they will take a nap. ... All in all, Dorothy Lee demonstrates the admiration some cultures have towards their personal integrity from child rearing. ...

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Discussion of culture norms and how if affects a person's behavior an important topic. A culture as the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next. Before this chapter, I didn't realize the variations acros...

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In the 1700's, a feral child known as "the wild boy of Aveyron" was studied by the scientists of his day (Itard 1962). ... Children reared in orphanages often had difficulty establishing close bonds with others-and they tended to have lower IQs. ... Although their bodies grow, if reared in isolation they become little more than big animals. ...

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One of the possible causes can be lower socioeconomic status of single mother African American families, which can have a detrimental effect on single mother's mental health, on mother-child communication and warmth as well as on child adjustment (leading to externalizing difficulties). ... Co-parent (an individual, who may or may not be a family member, significantly involves in child rearing and parenting), is present in many African American single mother families, and this can probably explain the variability in adjustment among African American youth from single mother families. It h...

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Risk factors associated related to the child's home environment often influence school aggression. ... Child rearing and controlling adolescent behavior is much more difficult in socially disorganized communities. The old saying "It takes a village to raise a child," is a good example. A strong community is important to a child's social and mental growth. ... If there is someone to talk to who can keep things confidential, a child is more likely to speak to them than a friend or family member. ...

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