In the premiere episode, Professor Robert Winston introduces this groundbreaking 20 year long project, which will follow 25 children over 20 years of their lives. He starts with the question, 'Are we born or are we made? We meet the newborn babies and their parents. This episode looks back on the first year of development of the children. It explores the effect of trauma on the child - including one of the most traumatic experiences of all, simply being born - and how our personalities are already being defined in our first year.
It seems that we end up being quite a bit like our parents. It also looks at happiness - children who are more secure about the love they receive from their parents, are more happy. This episode explores the issue of gender. Already in the first year, babies start to behave in gender-stereotyped ways, but is this because they are born that way, or because of the way they are treated by their parents and others around them?
The topic of this episode is intelligence. Is it possible for parents to increase or decrease their child's intelligence, or is intelligence simply fixed in our genes?
The baby's brain increases by 3 times in the first year, so factors such as nutrition, whether a baby is premature or not, and environmental stimulation are critical. The children are now in their terrible twos. This episode is focused on memory, and how much we remember from our childhood. It turns out that we do remember more than we realize of our experiences even at this very young age. Trauma such as witnessing the breakup of ones parents, or being unwanted, can have long-lasting effects on a child.
In this episode, Professor Winston looks at the battle for independence. It is very important for children to develop their independence, and they start on this path by standing up to their parents.
Some of the first words uttered by a child are usually those that help it to communicate their needs; some children manipulate their parents through temper tantrums.
It's important for the parent to be firm with their children, but it's not easy. What makes a child a potential star athlete, or a lifetime couch potato? Most of not all 2 year olds seem to have perpetual motion engines, but already at this stage, there are active children who can't stop moving, and those who are much slower moving.
A father is usually responsible for the active times in a child's day, so can the absence of a father make a child less active?
Can environment hinder, or help, a toddler's growth and development? The children are now 3 years old. Winston finds out if popular adults are marked out at this early stage in life and if life's loners are already apparent. Communication is at the heart of being human and learning to communicate effectively takes a lifetime to perfect. In this episode, Professor Robert Winston explores how we develop the art of speech and body language to make ourselves understood and to understand others.
Self-esteem is a key element of happiness and success and makes us feel good about ourselves. During our lifetimes, self-esteem can fluctuate, because it is not something we are born with, it is something we acquire. James Cachia lives in an impoverished area of South-East London. As his mother tries to protect the family from a threatening ex-boyfriend, nursery provides a valuable refuge. But is the turmoil at home affecting his chances? William Roberts, on the other hand, has all the advantages money can buy.
But that doesn't mean that life is easy at the moment, William is locked in a battle of wills with his mother. Could a cross-dressing gender experiment provide the key to William's need to assert his masculine identity? As the children turn five, the programme follows their first term at school.
Robert Winston returns for a new series, beginning by assessing the youngsters' ability to be happy. He discovers which areas of the brain develop self-confidence and contentment - and finds illuminating patterns when comparing the children's results with their parents'.
Further tests identify the optimists and pessimists within the group, as well as revealing how resilient they are. Professor Robert Winston examines how children's development is affected by the bonds with their siblings, a relationship thought to be even more important than that between parent and offspring.
He asks why some brothers and sisters get on well and others loathe one another, and tests the youngsters' temperaments to learn how they respond to differential treatment. Professor Robert Winston finds out how the six-year-olds are distinguishing between right and wrong, discovering the ways in which upbringing affects values in later life. Professor Robert Winston presents an interactive show in which the children's ability to pick up new skills is tested through a series of elaborate games and puzzles.
He also meets people who use all their senses to learn, including a former world memory champion and a man with synaesthesia. Robert Winston returns as the five families continue to try and give their children the best possible start in life as is achievable.
With the children now aged seven they learn how to fit in with different groups of other children. Robert takes a look at the current forces that work against children having natural creativity. The children are now eight years old and they are trying to make sense of their gender roles.
The brains of our year-olds are wired to feel more self-conscious, to be more mentally creative, and to feel more intense pleasure, than at any other time in their lives. Since they were born 16 years ago the very nature of family life and society has transformed. To find out how growing up in the modern, digital world is shaping them, the Child of Our Time teenagers gave us unfettered access to their phones. This series is dedicated to one of our Child of Our Time mothers, Marie Blake, who sadly died in She was the mother of Tyrese, Chanel and Tanesha and an important part of the series since it began in Watching myself on TV, above all else, is pretty cool.
I love being able to see myself a little bit more like other people see me. Home Episodes Clips Information and Support. Main content. On iPlayer Not available. Supporting Content Watch video updates on the children who took part in the Child of Our Time series Watch the video updates. Stories from Child of our Time. Teens and mobiles — helpful or harmful?
Duration: The Children Turn 20 — Turning Changing Minds — Series 11, Changing Minds.
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