Recipe for Success: How Children Learn
How and why do humans learn new things? Why are we stronger in some skills than others? At what age do we learn most quickly, and how can we improve our learning capacity? This program studies the knowledge-building process that typically occurs in ...
Read My Lips: Learning Language
Communication is at the core of the human experience, even though effective communication takes a lifetime to learn. This program explores how we develop the arts of speech and physical expression to make ourselves understood and to understand other...
Power Struggles: Parents vs. Children
Is it healthy for parents to exercise complete control? Are rebellious children better equipped for the future? What measures should be taken to reign in unruly kids? This program looks at childhood battles for independence and the reasons why such ...
Identity Crisis: Self-Image in Childhood
What shapes a child’s identity—situation and surroundings, or unchangeable factors within the child? This program weighs in on that question by capturing the emotional and psychological development of 25 boys and girls at age five. In fascinatin...
7 Plus Seven
About this title:Children are re-visited as 14 year old's. They answer the same questions about freedom, discipline, politics and future plans as they were asked 7 year before.
About the series:
“Give me the child until he is seven and I will giv...
Zero to Hero: Shyness and Sociability in Children
What makes a boy or girl a loner? Can a child’s future social life be predicted in his or her toddler years? How crucial is a sense of humor as children learn to make friends? This program examines the diverse ways and varying degrees of success i...
Flesh and Blood: Sibling Rivalry
Why are siblings often so different? Are “only” children lucky or disadvantaged? What are the long-term effects of birth order and sibling relationships? This program underscores recent theories that suggest relationships among a nuclear family�...
The Age of Stress: Children Under Pressure
What are the consequences of bullying, high-stakes testing, homework overload, and family turmoil? Do these experiences prepare kids for an uncertain life ahead or are they too much, too young? This program explores what happens under the stressful ...
Killing Creativity: Are Schools or Parents to Blame?
If we’re all born with creative potential, why do many children lose their inventive tendencies as they grow older? What role does organized education play? This program observes a group of 25 seven-year-olds and their families in order to study c...
Fitting In or Standing Out? Conformity in Childhood
As children begin school and other new experiences, what happens to the values, behavior, and expectations they have learned at home? Why do so many young people follow the crowd? And when does conformity become a bad thing? This program explores th...