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Developmental Phases Before and After Birth
This program examines the development of the fetus in utero and the child during the first year. The conclusion is unarguable: regardless of the culture and living standards of the parents, the milestones of development and growth-physiological and p...(more details) |
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How Relationships Are Formed
The rhythms of daily life are established during the first three months. As the infant's need for sleep diminishes, its need for stimulation and love grows; the baby is constantly discovering new ways of attracting the attention of the world around i...(more details) |
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Discovering the Outside World
In the course of its first nine months, the infant has acquired an extraordinary amount of skill and information. It requires less and less sleep, is acquiring more and more freedom of movement, and has an expanding vocabulary of gurgles and babbles....(more details) |
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Developing the Sense of Family
At the age of six months, the infant has developed a sense of familiarity with its customary surroundings and has discovered that there are not only signals but symbols as well. The healthy baby nurtured within a family recognizes the faces of family...(more details) |
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Mothers, Fathers, and Babies
This program observes the role of breast-feeding in different cultures and its effect on the role of the father. Where mothers in rural or more primitive areas tend to nurse their infants on demand, babies in industrialized countries are usually born...(more details) |
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