Pediatric Nutrition

Cultural and Societal Influences on Child Development

For overall development of childhood of an infant, culture plays a vital role. As child development refers to the changes in biological, emotional, and physical state which occur in human from birth to end of adolescence.

So culture plays an important role in achieving all the development stages. The society and culture in which one grows up impact everything from formative developments and parenting styles to what sorts of hardship one will probably confront.