Every parent wants the best for their child, but with so many different and often conflicting opinions, how can any parent possibly know what's best? Over the years theories on bringing up children have altered dramatically, reflecting changes in the social and political climate as well as new research into child development. In this program from the BBC series Horizon, child psychologist Laverne Antrobus delves into the Horizon archives to discover...

In the course of the first five birthdays, a child moves from being physically helpless to virtual mastery of the large and small motor skills. This program spotlights children at each stage of physical development between birth and five years of age. A pediatrician and a child development specialist describe what occurs during those formative years.

This program follows the social development of two young children, Max and Ellie, from the ages of two to five. Examples of multiple attachment, language development, imitation and identification, cooperative play, self-awareness, gender identification, and social conformity are captured on film and clearly identified with onscreen labels as the children broaden their awareness of the world through interactions with each other, family members, and...

Youth Life Skills for High School presents powerful peer-to-peer messages about problem solving and living responsibly. In their own words, real teens explain how they handled difficult situations in the past and what they learned from their experiences. This set contains five 10-minute programs: Anger Management, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, and Stress Management.

Throughout early childhood, the ritual of bathing is an important opportunity for children to develop an objective understanding of the body. In this program, mental health specialists and others immerse themselves in the subject of bathing, examining how it bonds parents with their babies and helps shape a child's self-perception. Footage of parents and their children offers additional opportunities to observe how hygiene, culture, and socialization...

Does early brain stimulation really build a better baby? ABC News correspondent Chris Bury takes a balanced look at the Barney-or-Bach controversy with John Bruer, author of The Myth of the First Three Years, on one side and renowned child psychoanalyst Dr. Stanley Greenspan and Don Campbell, author of The Mozart Effect, on the other. Guest anchor Cokie Roberts then leads a thoughtful discussion on the subject between Harvard Medical School's Alvin...

Pop quiz: When does learning begin? Answer: Before we are born. In this TEDTalk, science writer Annie Murphy Paul talks through new research that shows how much we learn in the womb - from the lilt of our native language to our soon-to-be-favorite foods.

This program is composed of three segments: "Classification" (1968), in which Robert Karplus and Celia Stendler Lavatelli use Piagetian classification tasks to demonstrate how children's ability to use categories develops during middle childhood; "Conservation" (1968), in which Drs. Karplus and Lavatelli observe and discuss children's different approaches to the performance of tasks dealing with quantity, length, area, and volume; and "Growth of Intelligence...

The changes that occur during this pivotal time when intellectual development is closely accompanied by increasingly independent social activity and expectations.

This drama-documentary profiles Sir Cyril Burt (1883-1971), the most eminent psychologist of his age, whose name is forever linked with the IQ test. A pioneer in the development of educational psychology in England, he devoted much of his life to demonstrating that intelligence is primarily an inherited characteristic. Despite his belief that intelligence is inherited, he acknowledged that it could be affected by environment as well. He is noted for...