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Thomas Balmes Babies
“Babies” is a documentary written by Thomas Balmes, it was filmed in 2010. This movie is about how babies are raised in different places. The four different countries were the USA, Mongolia, Nigeria, and Japan. In this movie it shows that all four of the countries have something in common, but they all have their own rituals at the same time, also in every culture there are things that make me happy but also things that some find to be disturbing. In every culture there are similarities in the way the parents raise their babies. One similarity with all the countries is the way parents interact with the babies. In all four cultures the parents hold and play with the babies. The mothers in all four countries would try and comfort their baby

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