Sunshine Babies is a 2010 French documentary that follows the first year of babies born in four different geographic locations.
Four newborns are born in four different countries, in four different cultures, and are about to embark on different lives.
Sunshine Baby documents the first year of life of these four babies, with no ups and downs, only the most mundane of life records.
The documentary doesn't have too much language, and it doesn't define the four lives, but everyone in the audience will think differently, rethink the meaning of life, think about the meaning of education, and then redefine happiness.
African Baby Ponijao: The Happy Chick of Natural Roughness
African Baby Ponijao was born in the raw and rough Namibian prairie of a primitive tribe, living in the harshest environment, and the need to survive makes this little girl the fastest to master the children of standing and walking. The free-range education in nature also shaped her optimistic and cheerful character.
The little girl and her family were not wearing clothes for a long time, so they couldn't put the photos on[face]
Mongolian baby Bayar: the grassland man who grows up alone
The Mongolian steppe is a nomadic home, and nomadic ways of living determine the Mongolian The baby is often alone from birth, and is often the only one in the picture, with no one to communicate with.
American baby Hattie: The Little Lady of the Book Family
American parents often teach their babies to read and recognize books, focusing on high communication with their babies to educate them, emphasizing their children's personality development and ability to improve, and encouraging their children to explore new things on their own.
Japanese baby Mari: Mommy's cute little princess
In Japan, especially the metropolis of Tokyo, fathers are busy at work, and basically full-time mothers are raising their babies. The fact that Japanese babies start attending all kinds of early education before they even turn one year old also reflects the fact that Japanese parents want to guide their children's growth with more advanced education concepts and methods.
Sunshine Baby: The World is a Wonderful Place Because of Its Variety
Sunshine Baby brings to life the different parenting styles of different countries:
In Mongolia, the nomadic herdsmen are bold and bold, but the way of production dictates that the parents can't be with their children for long. Baryar spends most of his time alone on camera, rarely interacting with others. He spends his days in the company of cows, sheep, and other animals, and grows tenaciously alone on the steppe.
In the U.S., from birth, using state-of-the-art medical equipment, raised in strict accordance with the American Scientific Society's Encyclopedia of Parenting, with regular medical checkups, and reading picture books with the child starts before the age of one. The first thing you need to do is read a picture book, and that's what you'll do every day.
In Japan, affluence and a high survival rate have allowed parents to spend less on survival and more on their children's education. Unlike African and Mongolian babies who have few toys, Japanese babies grow up surrounded by all kinds of educational toys, and mothers often gather to take their children to the zoo, to the mall, and to early childhood education classes.
After watching this documentary, I kept thinking about what is the right kind of parenting, what is good parenting?
The director of the documentary said of his motivation: making this movie challenged my beliefs and made me reflect on whether or not I was giving my children the best life possible.
It never occurred to me that life on the same planet could be so different, and the cultural and material differences in parenting are evident in this documentary.
There may be a lot of heartbreak over the almost primitive upbringing of the African babies, but it's clear that the African babies are the most cheerful and smiley of the four little ones.
There may be some people who think that Mongolian babies grow up alone, but you can see that Mongolian babies are the strongest and most independent.
Some people may think that American and Japanese babies grow up in a modern society, rich in life and spirit, but they lack the experience of living in harmony with nature***.
Different social, living, and cultural environments dictate different expectations for children in each family, and different ways of educating them, which creates a very different and independent world, and it's really hard to say which is the best way to raise a child.
However, we can see that every life is equal, bringing new hope to every family, no matter what kind of parenting they receive, eventually they are strong enough to stand up and take the first step in life, and will walk out of their own life path.
Because African babies and Mongolian babies are more rough and exposed, we can't put too many photos, if you are interested, you can see the documentary - "Sunshine Baby" by yourself.
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