THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL CRADLES (BESHIK) ON RISING CHILDREN

Аннотация

This thesis aims to show the role of the traditional Asian cradle board (beshik) on rising children because of different goals, such as preventing new born babies from cold, open fires or domestic animals and others, however some researchers and doctors claim that beshik has a hazardous effects on rising children. Survey has been taken among uzbek mothers who live in Fergana region of Uzbekistan in order to analyze what kind of advantages and disadvantages they have faced, while using traditional cradles. Keywords: Traditional cradle board, beshik, healthcare, swaddling, parent-child relationship, child’s phychological functioning. Аннотация: Цель данной работы показать роль традиционной азиатской колыбели для растущих детей, поскольку она преследует различные цели, такие как защита новорожденных от холода, открытого огня или домашних животных и другие, однако некоторые исследователи и врачи утверждают, что 27 Journаl of Аnаlyticаl Synergy аnd Scientific Horizon Volume 1, Issue 1, 2025 колыбел оказывает опасное воздействие на растущих детей. Был проведен опрос среди узбекских матерей, проживающих в Ферганской области Узбекистана, с целью анализа того, с какими преимуществами и недостатками они столкнулись при использовании традиционных колыбелей. Ключевые слова: Традиционная колыбельная доска, бешик, здравоохранение, пеленание, детско-родительские отношения, психологическое функционирование ребенка. What should parents consider when raising children? In this section the work of other researchers and authors are provided to show the attitudes of experts towards the usage of beshik on growing infants. Child is precious blessing and the person who continues the lineage, hence first and foremost, it also related to their parents to make them healthy, intelligent and successful in the future. It is undeniable fact that, in this competitive and technological period, keen-witted youngsters govern the world. Over the last few decades have seen dramatic increase in rising children properly, as today’s modern and educated mothers are making effort to collect sufficient data on childcare by reading and learning more about this realm, because every parent aspire their kids to make their dreams come true. This scientific article aims to give clear data on Central Asian cradleboards (beshik), because in some nations it is considered as crucial thing and new mothers received beshik as a gift when they give birth their first child Traditional cradle (beshik) is very common in use amid uzbek families as well, but mothers do not know exactly what are the pros and cons of it to their infants. Jake Zawlacki and Matthew Derrick1 state in their article that when kyrgyz mothers have been asked about how they learned this skill, majority of them said that they have 1 Jake Zawlacki and Matthew Derrick. “ The Persistance of traditional cradle board(beshik) usage among Post- soviet Central Asian Mothers: Survey analysis from Southeren Kyrgyzstan. Published: 8 October 2020 28 Journаl of Аnаlyticаl Synergy аnd Scientific Horizon Volume 1, Issue 1, 2025 learned from elders and the people around them. It is clear that, there is strong influence of elders and surrounding on generations. In their article it is mentioned that even terrible cause has been observed because of cradle such as sudden death of infants and lung infection. This scientific article portrays data on the reasons for using beshik among uzbek. Research conducted by Lana B.Karasik2 indicates that according to the prevailing view among pediatricians and psychologists, severe movement restriction in infancy could have deleterious effects, especially across the first two postnatal years, a critical period in children’s health and development. Their research aims to learn deeply about gahvora ( it is called like that in Tajikistan) with the help of tajik mothers and experts. Author said that: “The drapes limit exposure to sunlight, which may be a factor associated with vitamin D deficiency reported in this region.” Zakirjan Ibragimov3 said in his scientific article that: “A thousand-years-old tradition is putting the lives of uzbek babies at risk, warn doctors in Tashkent.” It is not prohibited among inhabitants, because beshik shows the cultural identity of some countries. “ A person who loves their child will never put him/her in a beshik, “ said professor Rishat Osmonov, who heads the department for children’s traumatology, orthopaedy and neurosurgery at the Andjan state medical institute. Myriad of researches show that the disadvantages of using traditional cradles outweigh advantages.