The Beginning of Life: The Series

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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