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Life At 9 - Season 1

Series: Life At 9
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Episodes
2
Rating
TVPG
Year
2014
Language
English
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

About

The Life Series returns with two compelling new episodes. Eight children negotiate life in the rapidly changing world of late childhood. They've been filmed since the first year of life, as part of a unique scientific and social experiment, the public face of a pioneering longitudinal study of 10,000 Australian children. We follow our children from wakeup to bedtime to uncover what life is really like at nine. Their development is at a crucial precipice. The latest scientific research reveals their levels of both Independence and Creativity could set them up for success or failure in later life. Through the prism of our Life Lab the children undergo developmental and behavioural experiments. And their parents are put under the microscope too. As the lives of our children unfold, we ask what it is that makes a nine year old today an independent and creative adult tomorrow.

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Episodes

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1. Independence

1h

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Becoming an independent adult is the ultimate goal of childhood. But children's horizons are shrinking. Today, children are thought to have less freedom than ever before. In an increasingly fear-driven world, are parents overprotecting children, robbing them of the vital practice they need to become independent later in life? This episode explores how the tricky interplay of parenting and a child's increasing push for independence evolves. So how much independence can nine year-olds really handle? And how do parents balance of safety against freedom and experience? \n

2. Creativity

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Childhood creativity is an even greater predictor of success in later life than IQ. But why? What is creativity, and where does it come from? And how does creativity flourish? So in this episode we will test how creative our Life children are. Dr David Cropley, a leader in the field of innovation and creativity, takes our children through a series of creative exercises in the Life Lab and the results are astounding. For the first time we test our parents against their kids, in a race to see if today's kids are more creative than their parents. \n

Extended Details

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Artists

Jennifer Peedomdirector
Naomi Justproducer
Colin Frielsactor