I recently attended a baby shower for a cousin of mine. While I was there I noticed that the atmosphere was full of positive energy, love, and laughter. There were multiple games being played, special meals that were being made, and tons of gifts were being opened by the mother to be. Every aspect of the baby shower was baby themed. The decorations were things such as pacifiers, rattles, bottles, and there was even a cake made out of diapers. The cupcakes had pacifiers on them and every dessert was a lovely shade of blue because my cousin found out she’s having a boy. Adorable baby books were being passed around and filled with positive notes and pieces of advice that experienced mothers felt would help prepare my cousin for when the baby came. Once dinner was served we all gathered in a close vicinity of tables …show more content…
Some of the games that we see at baby showers in today’s day and age were brought about at this time. These games were used as a combination of preparation for the baby and also to bring the future mothers into the mindset of adolescents and a reminder of what they have in store for them. The chair that the mothers to be sit in while opening gifts and other important events at the shower were also typically decorated in an extravagant way to bring them back to virginity or the idea of innocence, while preparing them for their transition to a uniformed communal state of motherhood that they will soon share with most of the guest in attendance. While not all guests were required to be mothers themselves, same as in today’s society, it was expected that the women in attendance were all at an age where they could understand the significance of childbirth and participate in the games and appreciate the gifts that were being given to the mother to
In “Toddlers In Tiaras” Skip Hollandsworth purpose is to get readers to understand that pageants are teaching young girls to young women that the sexualization of their looks are their main value, leaving a negative effect on contestants physically. He believes parents are usually the main reason why young girls join the pageants to begin with so, he targets parents as the audience of his essay. To get readers to understand his point of view and to persuade them to agree with him he displays evidences from reliable sources using ethos, pathos and logos throughout the article.
Harrison, L., & Rowley, S. B. (2011). Babies by the bundle: Gender,. Feminist Formations, 23(1), 47-69. doi: 0.1353/ff.2011.0012…….. (Harrison & Rowley, 2011)
In order to fully comprehend the how gender stereotypes perpetuate children’s toys, one must understand gender socialization. According to Santrock, the term gender refers to the, “characteristics of people as males and females” (p.163). An individual is certainly not brought into the world with pre-existing knowledge of the world. However, what is certain is the belief that the individual has regarding him- or herself and life stems from socialization—the development of gender through social mechanisms. For instance, when a baby is brought into this world, his or her first encounter to gender socialization arises when the nurse places a blue or pink cap on the baby’s head. This act symbolizes the gender of the baby, whether it is a boy (blue cap) or a girl (pink cap). At the age of four, the child becomes acquai...
His situation is particularly unique because he is a single, gay, man who is doing IVF with a surrogate and an egg donor; despite the uncommon situation he is in, my co-workers treated him the same as they would treat a traditional situation where a woman is expecting. What was particularly interesting about this conversation was the planning of the baby shower depending on the sex of the child. The women in this conversation gave suggestions about filling balloons with pink or blue glitter or a cake with blue or pink icing. One of my co-workers shared that she wished the child would be female because the options they have for baby girls are endless in regards to decorations and
Women throughout time have been compelled to cope with the remonstrances of motherhood along with society’s anticipations
When a woman gives birth to a child, it can be one of the most joyous and exciting moments in her life, yet it can also be diff...
Every day, 370,000 babies are born into this world- each having the potential to live a prosperous and productive life. Unfortunately, some of these tiny, fragile humans do not live until their first birthday. The death of infants within the first year of life is known as infant mortality. There are many contributing factors as to why infant mortality may be high or low in a specific area. In order to measure the amount of deaths that occur in a particular region, the number of newborns that die before the age of one year old per 1,000 live births are recorded and is known as the infant mortality rate in that society. Generally, the infant mortality rate of a country directly reflects on the health-care system provided. Unfortunately, in today’s world, a child dies every four seconds.
As a child growing up, there were times I would feel my mother would be out to just make
The first two years of a humans life are bursting with biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial development. In the first few weeks after conception to two years after birth a child’s brain experiences more growth than any other organ in the body. During the first two years of a child’s life the brain is very plastic and malleable. In order for children to continue down a path of success and learning there are certain experiences a child must have in order to develop normally. The First Two years of a child life is responsible for the foundation that is layed.
Eva’s lack of value for motherhood shaped the lives of her family as well as her own. Because of her negative feelings toward motherhood, many of the people surrounding her have similar values. Eva reflects her community’s negative perception of motherhood by being straightforward about it and passing it down through her family
In Of Woman Born, Adrienne Rich effectively weaves her own story into a convincing account of what it means to become a mother within the bonds of patriarchal culture. Her conclusion that the institution of motherhood, which she distinguishes from motherhood, must be destroyed in order to release the creation and sustenance of life into the same realm of decision, struggle, surprise, imagination, and conscious intelligence, as any other difficult, but freely chosen work is substantiated by her courageous confession that contradicts culturally normative notions of motherhood.
The version of childbirth that we’re used to is propagated by television and movies. A woman, huge with child, is rushed to the hospital when her water breaks. She is ushered into a delivery room and her husband hovers helplessly as nurses hook her up to IVs and monitors. The woman writhes in pain and demands relief from the painful contractions. Narcotic drugs are administered through her IV to dull the pain, or an epidural is inserted into the woman’s spine so that she cannot feel anything below her waist. When the baby is ready to be born, the doctor arrives dressed in surgical garb. The husband, nurses and doctor become a cheerleading squad, urging the woman to, “Push!” Moments later, a pink, screaming newborn is lifted up for the world to see. Variations on this theme include the cesarean section, where the woman is wheeled to the operating room where her doctors remove the baby through an incision in her abdomen.
Designer babies are defined by the Oxford dictionary as those whose genetic makeup has been artificially selected through genetic engineering, combined with the In Vitro Fertilization, to ensure that particular genes or characteristics are either included or excluded in the baby. This process involves the fertilization of the egg by the sperm in a test tube which is outside the womb of the mother and alteration of the genes (Masha, 2009). The process of selection of traits and characteristics of children is also referred to as Pre-implementation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD). The process involves checking the embryo for genetic deficiencies before it is returned to the womb of the mother. The purpose of the process is noble as it is generally aimed at eradicating genetic disorders and diseases (Yin, 2005). However, the question on when the human race will draw the line in regards to the alteration of the genes is a big issue. Who will stop the rich families, as this is an expensive procedure, from using this method to change their children’s genes and have them at an advantage against other children? The designer child debate is a raging debate with more concerns of sidestepping nature as to how it could change the society as we know it today (Ronald, 2007).
Have you ever wondered how humans are developed? Have you ever wondered how our mere existence is developed in a nine month radius? From conception to birth the process that structures the human body is known as Prenatal Development. Prenatal Development is the time a child is conceived to the time it is born. Explaining the three stages of Prenatal Development will help the reader understand the importance of it.
It’s hard to imagine all the events that led up to ourselves coming into the world or at least it is hard to some people. When I think about all my ancestors that had to survive all the things I read about in textbooks it’s a miracle we are all here. Trying to learn about all the people in my family’s tree was interesting to know how my ancestors came about, what they did, and how long they lived. I learned mostly about my mother’s side of the family who have lived and flourished in andrews, texas where I am from. I haven’t done anything great yet but I am hoping when my grandchildren have to write about me they have something awesome to write about and will think I did something good with my life.