Description |
7 videocassettes (57 min. ea.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
System Details |
VHS. |
Credits |
Editor, Lawrence Silk ; narrators, Alex Chadwick, Lynn Neary ; music, Michael Whalen ; program advisors, Urie Bronfenbrenner ... [et al.]. |
Note |
Previously broadcast on PBS. |
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Has supplement: Childhood / Melvin Konner. |
Summary |
Presents an insightful and richly textured examination of the various influences that shape us as individuals and as members of the families and societies in which we are raised. Through the observation of 12 families on 5 continents, the series looks at childhood from a number of perspectives--personal, scientific, historical, and cultural. Includes documentary sequences, provocative historic films, and vivid clinical illustrations with on-screen commentary by experts. |
Contents |
1. Great expectations -- 2. Louder than words -- 3. Love's labors -- 4. In the land of the giants -- 5. Life's lessons -- 6. Among equals -- 7. The House of tomorrow. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Children.
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Child development.
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Child psychology.
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Adolescence.
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Added Author |
Haines-Stiles, Geoffrey.
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Akuginow, Erna.
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Montagnon, Peter.
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Silk, Lawrence.
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Whalen, Michael.
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Konner, Melvin.
Childhood.
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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Childhood Project, Inc.
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Channel Four (Great Britain)
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Antelope Films, Ltd.
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Ambrose Video Publishing.
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Added Title |
Great expectations. |
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Louder than words. |
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Love's labors. |
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In the land of the giants. |
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Life's lessons. |
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Among equals. |
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House of tomorrow. |
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