Parenting and educational aims in a cross cultural perspective: how culture affects early interactions with the child

Every culture has its own needs, its own conceptions of parenting norms, and its own modes of implementing parenting practices: cultural forces influence the way in which universally-occurring parental behaviors are expressed. Child rearing practices help to prepare an infant to adapt to a social sy...

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Published in:Rivista italiana di educazione familiare 2016-01 (1), p.71
Main Author: Bembich, Caterina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Culture
Parenting
Parents & parenting
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Summary:Every culture has its own needs, its own conceptions of parenting norms, and its own modes of implementing parenting practices: cultural forces influence the way in which universally-occurring parental behaviors are expressed. Child rearing practices help to prepare an infant to adapt to a social system, and condition the course and eventual outcome of individual development. The differences in the ways in which societies both conceptualize parenting and care for their offspring can be evident from the earliest activities and interactions of parents with their infants. This review examines, in an ecological perspective, similarities and differences in early parental behaviors, by analyzing the variations that may be moderated by culture. Keywords: parenting, cross cultural research, early interactions, parental style. I valori e le credenze proprie di una particolare cultura influenzano il modo in cui i comportamenti genitoriali sono espressi: le pratiche educative e relazionali perseguite mostrano delle sensibili variazioni nella loro espressione passando da un contesto culturale a un altro. Gli obiettivi educativi e le modalita con cui essi si sviluppano, aiutano il bambino a adattarsi a un particolare sistema sociale, determinando di conseguenza delle variazioni nelle traiettorie di sviluppo dei bambini dalla nascita all'adolescenza. L'influenza della cultura e evidente gia nelle prime attivita e interazioni che i genitori mettono in atto con i loro bambini. Il contributo esamina, in una prospettiva ecologica, somiglianze e differenze nelle prime pratiche genitoriali, analizzando le variazioni che possono essere moderate dalla cultura. Parole chiave: Genitorialita, ricerca transdisciplinare, interazioni precoci, stile parentale.
ISSN:1973-638X
2037-1861
DOI:10.13128/RIEF-18501