Child care professionals who support the development and well-being of infants, toddlers and young children must learn about and understand each family’s culture in order to be able to place the child’s social-emotional development in a context that is meaningful to the family.
Video : CONNECT 4.4: Starting a Relationship Source: FPG Child Development Institute 2.5 minutes
Clara, a practitioner, makes an initial home visit with a mother and describes how to begin a family-professional partnership, especially working with families from different cultural backgrounds. In this video, Clara compliments the mother on her home and gives the mother the opportunity to talk about something she enjoys doing. Clara was able to speak the same language as the mother which helped put her at ease. Clara later asked about the mother's daughter and allowed her to express her feelings about her daughter and her desires for her daughter. Most parents are happy and willing to talk about their children.
