Journal Response About the Film - Article Example

The director’s concept of the film revolves around the different ways of raising children, depending on their surroundings, environment, social class and cultural belonging. From a human perspective, it will be intriguing to explore how cultures define their own set of values, based on their knowledge and perceptions about the world and how they pass those values to their children. The film is different in that it presents how families and cultures miles apart economically, culturally and spiritually actually up-bring their offspring in a such a way that at the end audience understands that all parents love their babies unconditionally and no borders can change that.

We are shown how the baby from Ponijao, Namibia grows up in the dirt, playing with her siblings. Her mom cuts her hair with a sharp knife and all she is dressed with is a leather patch wrapped around her waist. In contrast, we have the baby girl from Tokyo who lives in a modern apartment, filled up with toys to entertain her. Later on, we witness how the toys frustrate the small child, rather than educate him or let alone amuse her. In Mongolia, we meet with the family who transports their newly born baby from the hospital on a motorcycle.

The baby boy sleeps on rugs together with the cat and as he grows enough to crawl he is surrounded by the cattle in the yard, while his parents are working nearby in the field. The baby from San Francisco pampers in outdoor Jacuzzi and goes to baby yoga. We see how a copy of “No Hitting” is ostentatiously visible on the shelves. The funniest moments for me are when the baby from Tokyo becomes frustrated in her attempt to thread a wooden spindle into a disc with a hole. The girl from Namibia’s reaction when she discovers there is a difference between her genitalia and her brother’s.

The boy from Mongolia is hilarious for his patience of rolling toilet paper, which he bites when the paper is in his grasp. Essentially, this is a documentary about the social differences in children and how their upbringing varies from culture to culture. Ultimately, the audience understands that the once close to nature seems more content with life than those surrounded by technological progress.