Draft Episode Structure

The draft episode-structure for a documentary presentation below is currently weighted toward content from a psychologists perspective. Overlaying this with knowledge and references from Anthropologists, Neurologists and Geneticists etc. is our aim. In the end the project would ideally be both a current analysis of the human family and its functioning and an examination of the precursors to and consequence of human family behaviour patterns.

Episode	Title	Draft proposed
#1	Life Genesis	Anthropology. Ethnology. Ethology. Human History. The changing family unit. Within-family stress factors. External stress factors.
#2	Birth & Infancy	Gestation. Confinement. Nursing-couple. Infancy. Attachment & bonding. Optimal development. Pressures & stresses. Toddler behaviour problems.
#3	Early Childhood	Training. Learning. Discipline vs Punishment. Enrichment by interaction. Acquiring the Family Lifestyle. Child-centred families. Adult-centred families. Chaotic families. Optimal families.
#4	Middle Childhood	Community involvements. Peer socialisation. Separation anxiety. School refusal. Fears & Phobias. Conduct disorders. Learning problems. ADHD. Bully & Victim issues.
#5	Adolescence	Individuation. Peer Socialisation. Relationship with Family & Community. Peer pressures. Media influences. Depression & Suicide. Sex. Drugs. Opposition & defiance.
#6	Adult -Parent	Work & Play. Social Contribution. Acquiring experience & wisdom. Career. Self-fulfilment. Recreation. Starting a family.
#7	The Family	The family-unit in its various forms as the crucible for the society we are creating. Intact, disrupted & blended families. Sole parents. Same-sex parents. Working parents. Step-parenting. Grandparents & extended family. Patterns of child rearing. Sibling rivalry. The future of the family.

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