Being a child is a brilliant, explosive time, and so much of what happens in our early years goes on to shape who we are. But what do we really know about the life, brain and experiences of a child? And what does it mean to be a parent today? What can the latest science, the long view of history and the children pulling on our sleeves really tell us about how we are raising the next generations?
Join the team behind BBC Radio 4’s award winning series Child as they share some of the biggest surprises, newest ideas and most helpful tips they’ve come across over two series of diving deep into the world of a child. From the first few hours of holding a baby in your arms to rolling through the emotions of toddlerhood, parenting and being a carer is a huge, exciting and beautiful challenge. But we’re also raising kids in fractured societies, with expensive childcare and so much more pressure on every tiny way we influence our kids. It’s beautiful, but oh my gosh it’s exhausting. They’ve also been exploring the world of emotions and will talk through how the latest science might be turning the world of emotions, as we think we know it, on its head.
Let presenter India Rakusen, producer Ellie Sans and executive producer Alex Hollands calm you down in a fun and fascinating conversation on the very latest on the world of emotions, the world of a child and on being a parent. Will there be laughs? Sure. Will there be tears? Quite possibly. Will there be soul searching? Absolutely. After all – we’re all only human.
