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This article written by Navaz Peshotan and Janet Gonzalez-Mena is strongly suggesting we change our methods of childrearing to accommodate the increased number of immigrants coming to the United States. In the last 30 years or so, the immigrants to the United States are from Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. In the past, they were primarily European. The caregiving practices therefore are quite different than those of the American and Euro-Americans.

The second point brought up in this article to suggest we need to look at our current methods of childcare is the fact that over 50% of mothers are work

To make this point, the author asks the reader/student to reflect on how we were raised and perhaps how we raise our own children keeping in mind the sleep routine. In the United States it is not common practice for children to sleep in the same bed as the parents. American Pediatricians discourage the act and feel the child will not develop his individuality and becoming an independent person. There are some strong arguments that this is incorrect. Other arguments are brought up that suggests SIDS is less prevalent in countries where the mother and child sleep together. There is the argument that states we (humans) are the least neurologically mature species and require constant attention from our mothers. The primate was given as example as caregiver that sleeps with

Some topics in this essay:
American Pediatricians, Western World, American Euro-Americans, Fulcher Ayala, Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Middle East, Infant Caregiving, Psychology Section, cultural differences, children exposed,