Question

2. Answer the questions below:

a) What happens if children do not get the physical, intellectual, emotional and social care they need during the Golden 1000 Days?

b) What are a couple parenting beliefs about how newborns should be treated that can negatively impact the baby's early development? What are the negative effects of each?

c) Think about the issues that affect babies in Bhutan and how they negatively impact their growth and development. Do you think there could be any similarities with the issues found in Bhutan and issues found here in our own country? Why or why not?

Answer 1

2a. The 1000 days of initial life is termed to the Golden days of a child .It is highly importany to take care of them and nurture them the right way because they develop in all way. If this is lacking ur can lead to developmental delays in every aspect and make the child vulnerable for many physical and psychological problems in future .It is termed to be the nutritional window period which greatly aides the child's growth and development. In simple a healthy brain can develop in this period making the child grow healthier.

b. Some of the couple parenting belief on their newborn which can impact their developmental stage are

• Certain religious belief
• circumcision to be done or not
• Lack of knowledge in caring the newborn can affect the baby's growth physically and mentally
• The dilemma of co sleeping can cause injury to baby and avoiding baby can lead to lack of bonding with parents as they grow

c. One of the major issue is the high mortality rate in the neonate .Nearly 70% newborn baby dies making the mortality rate very high. Apart from this violence ,human trafficking ,sexually abused can impact the growth of the babies greatly .One similarities which can found us the violence against the baby still prevalent in many countries due to gender if they are female .All these needs the attention of the YNICEF to protect a baby by making strict laws.