Question

• how might you explain the anticipated gross motor development to a family of fraternal male/female twins in a clinical setting?

Do you feel that an individual's cultural background can impact gross motor development within these ages for both boys or girls? Explain why or why not?

Answer 1

The gross motor development of both male and female child will be unique in nature. Each child is unique, and the acheivement of these mile stones depend upon their body, brain activities etc.

Gross motor development are those which include all body movement and which involve the large muscles of the body to perform everyday activities such as standing, walking, running, sitting upright etc. It also includes eye-hand coordination skills like throwing, catching, kicking the ball etc.

Gross motor developments

Age	ACHIEVEMNT
0-6 MONTHS	Can roll over from front to back and back to front Sit with support Head control
6-12 MONTHS	Crawls on belly sit without support Creeping on knees and hands Pulling objects towards self 2-3 steps with support on furnitures 2-3 steps without support
18 MONTHS	Sitting alone Crawling alone Walking alone Kicking a small ball
2 YEARS	SImple steps of walking without help Climb 2-3 steps Running slowly Pulling the toys while walking Picking the objects from floor
3 YEARS	Stand on one foot Imitating elders Kicking the ball forcefully Climbing up on steps Jumping on the floor with 2 feets Raise both hands together
4 YEARS	Can kick the ball forcefully Jumping on both feet Walking on a straight line Can catch the throwing ball Run around the furnitures

Cultural background can impact gross motor development of child. Which can create a positive and negative impact up on the childs gross motor development. Seevral studies shows that there is a delay or slowness in the gross motor development of achild who lives in more western culture. Certain social rules, beliefs etc the part of culture will restrict the activities of child, which may have a negative impact on the motor development.

Because of the over protective parents behaviour in certain cultural groups, this can lead to delayed developmental achievemnets. The  Infants were less likely to be purposely stimulated in ways to provide additional movement experiences, such as being placed on the floor for free play. But most of the western families do not promote this. Different child-rearing practices may change a baby's moving opportunities and environment and therefore affect motor development.

in some cultural practices, the babies are kept in a sling for most of the time, instead of making them to sit. Crawling on the floor also a good method for achieving the motor development, but most of the time, the babies are kept in the bed or in the sling. Baby carriers are used by many parents, which will not provide oppertunities for the child to move, instead of that the child is hanged over the chest of the parents with these carriers. All these may reduce the gross motor development of the child.