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Using breakthroughs in technology and neuroscience, this series examines how environment affects infants - and how infants can affect our future.
Genres:DocumentaryFamily
Network:Netflix
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Season 1

  • Fantastic Baby
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    Fantastic Baby

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/11/2016

    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.

    Director: Estela Renner

    Writer: Estela Renner

  • Becoming a Parent
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    Becoming a Parent

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2016

    The episode offers frank but humorous firsthand accounts of the sometimes overwhelming but usually beautiful reality of becoming a parent.

    Director: Estela Renner

    Writer: Estela Renner

  • Free to Learn
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    Free to Learn

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/2016

    The episode takes a detailed look at the entire life cycle of learning creativity and language skills, from pre-birth to well into adulthood.

    Director: Estela Renner

    Writer: Estela Renner

  • Denied Childhood
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    Denied Childhood

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/2016

    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.

    Director: Estela Renner

    Writer: Estela Renner

  • It Takes a Village to Raise a Child
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    It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/2016

    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.

    Director: Estela Renner

    Writer: Estela Renner

  • Emergence of the Self
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    Emergence of the Self

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2016

    A baby's development of the self is an astounding process, one that involves profound bonding with individuals as well as nature and physics.

    Director: Estela Renner

    Writer: Estela Renner