d and gets exited, and runs to him, he picks him up and the baby is happy. This shows that there is a bond between them.The dad puts the baby down on the bed and shows him the cars on the t.v. The baby watches this and points to the cars.The baby then imitates the sound of a car, he then turns around to look at his dad and goes over by his face and starts hitting it lightly. The dad then grabs the baby’s hand and pretends to bite it in a playful manner, the baby giggles.The dad then picks the baby up and starts to throw him up on the air. The baby laughs and enjoys this.The baby sits down next to his dad and watches television with him, it’s the baby cartoons.He gets down from the bed and starts to run around the room and play with the t.v. The dad tells him not to touch it, but the baby doesn’t listen. The dad picks him up, and gives him a ball; they both begin to play with it, and seem to have a good time. *** The interaction between father and child was loving, and full of physical activities.Comparison and Contrast -The difference between the mother to child, and father to child interaction was that the baby had more emotional activities with the mother and more physical activities with the father.Both the mother and the father have their different ways to have fun with the child while remaining responsible. The father and mother had different ways of entertaining the baby, therefore the baby reacting in different ways to each parent. With the mother, the baby was very affectionate and liked to sing and do nurturing kind of activities. When he was with his dad, he wanted to play with the ball, and demanded more because his father gave in a bit more.The similarities were that both parents have equal parenting styles. They are both authoritative parents, they discipline their child and tell the child why they do it and their reasons for it. They are also very warm and loving at the same time, therefore providing safe...
