S01E01 Fantastic Baby
An infant is a little scientist built to learn, with no preconcieved notions of the world. The human interactions he or she takes in are essential.
The Beginning of Life: The Series
Overview
Using breakthroughs in technology and neuroscience, this series examines how environment affects infants - and how infants can affect our future.
Episodes
S01E02 Becoming a Parent
The episode offers frank but humorous firsthand accounts of the sometimes overwhelming but usually beautiful reality of becoming a parent.
S01E03 Free to Learn
The episode takes a detailed look at the entire life cycle of learning creativity and language skills, from pre-birth to well into adulthood.
S01E04 Denied Childhood
Environment is a huge factor in a child's health, so it's important to deal with issues that often plague parents, such as poverty, stress and others.
S01E05 It Takes a Village to Raise a Child
The scope of responsibilities involved in raising a child is very wide. Everyone in the world has a role in the lives of the people brought into it.
S01E06 Emergence of the Self
A baby's development of the self is an astounding process, one that involves profound bonding with individuals as well as nature and physics.
