Consequences of stress on Children's Development

End world hunger, feed the children are all different things that see on TV and hear on the radio. Many children in the world suffers from hunger. Children are suffering from hunger in many parts of the world. One country in particular is Africa. Many children suffer from extreme hunger deprivation. The affects of hunger greatly impacts the children, many children die because of starvation. This affect the child's development in every way. When a child is not receiving the proper nutrition needing to thrive the child will not  physical develop in the way they should and begin to wither away and many lead to death. Many children in Africa have to travel long distances to fetch cleaning drinking water. As a result of the long commutes to get the water the child miss out on their schooling. Children that are malnourished are more susceptible to the diseases the are spread through poor sanitation. the best start in life is critical in a child's first few years, not only survival but to her or his physical, intellectual, emotional development. These deprivations greatly hamper children's ability to achieve their full potential. Today many groups ask for donations to help with the hunger in different areas of the world.
      Growing up I never suffered from hunger, but there were times that my cousins did. Their stepmother was very evil to them and would make them go days without eating. They would sneak food when she wasn't home or go to a friends house to get food. Of course when their step-mother found out they were grounded and forbidden to go in the refrigerator anymore. But of course when the opportunity presented its self they fled to the refrigerator to get food. This example is not nearly as horrifying as the children in Africa, but there were days that my cousin experience hunger.

Child Development and Public Health

Breastfeeding

Immediately after birth the nurse hands you your sweet baby and if you have decided to breastfeed they place him right on the nipple to latch on. Although your milk haven’t fully come in the colostrum is enough to hold the baby until the production of milk. Breastfeeding promotes a healthy start to the babies’ life and often fights against sicknesses. Breast milk decreases allergies and asthma. The breast will produce more milk as the baby feeds more.  Breast fed babies are also most likely not to become obese. This topic is very meaningful to me because I am a mother and when we just had our son I and my husband debated on his form of milk. Since I was going to be home all summer I thought I would try breastfeeding and see all the many benefits that its brings to both my son and me. This process is fairly new because five years ago with my daughter I tried it and soon realized that it wasn't for me. This time it’s been really different. The bond that I and my son have established is so strong and I have experienced a new experience that promotes a healthy start for him.

                Breastfeeding around the world is heavily encouraged and promoted. In other places it sometimes the only means to feed a baby due to the living conditions. In some places there is no food or clean water so the only clean form of food for babies is their mother’s breast milk. In the Philippines breastfeeding is highly pushed and formula is shone upon and said that babies are smarter if breast fed. In Namibia the first 5 months of life the baby is breastfed exclusively and soon taper off thereafter. In Italy breastfeeding is not pushed as much as other cultures. They push bottle feeding and pacifiers.

                When children have very strong immune systems and rarely are sick, they could have been breastfed babies. Understanding why certain children are sicker than others during allergy season is a sign of those that were fed with breast milk versus formula.

Childbirth in Your Life and Around the Wolrd

On Sunday May 4th, 2014 I was honor to give birth to the most amazingly perfect little guy 6lbs and 8oz that I could ever imagine. This birth was a planned birth and much different from my first. This birth will always bring a smile and laughs to my heart. Saturday while shopping with my parents and my five year old my water broke in the mall. This was something that I didn't experience with my first child because my water broke after being at the hospital. I made my way through the mall and out to my parents car all in the mist of my water running like a well. Although I felt no pain at this time and remained very calm. My mother begin to get very anxious and excited and my dad and I keep clam. Hospital was 45 minutes away from the mall and my dad drove us all the way to my hospital. After getting to the hospital my baby boy decided then that he wanted to take his time coming and slowly dilated. After hours of waiting the contractions begin to come and it got real. Dilating slowly he begin to come and then take a rest and then dilate a little more. Eventually he came on that Sunday at 7:41am. This was the most amazing feeling in the world again to be a parent. I feel like birth is an amazing act and I feel that every woman should try to experience it if they can. Birth is a very critical time in child development. The birth could go in many different directions all depending on the child. I also feel that development is amazing that in 9 months another human being is able to be created.

In the Vietnamese culture child birthing is very similar but yet very different. During the prenatal period women are not  allowed to eat certain foods because it will affect the women's yin and yang balance, which is the hot and cold balance in the women's body. Also in the United States men are encouraged to be present in the room during delivery, but in the Vietnamese culture men and family are not allowed in the room during delivery. After delivery the mothers are expected to stay in the bed and not shower but keep their body at hot temperature because during the delivery they loose all their warm blood. Also the father is not sleep in the same bed as the mother if the mother is weak and the father is strong. After the delivery of the baby in the United States the mother and baby goes out a few days right delivery to take the child to the doctors. In different cultures child birth is different. Its amazing to see the same process of child bearing in women done differently across cultures. I learn that in the Vietnamese culture things are done a similar but yet differently and that in development they make sure the mother is protected during the entire process and that the mother is doing harm to the baby.