Until March 1, Mothering.com is offering the film: The Connected Baby free on-line. While the film is slow and poorly shot, I was mostly interested in the researchers narrative on the interactions between babies and their parents. You realize how much is lost in our communication when we are not tuned in. The film also presents developmental questions that perhaps have been misunderstood. Are babies movements uncoordinated? Is newborn babbling really meaningful language? Are babies more conscious than we think?
the connected baby: a film conversation
What is the connected baby? “Babies arrive already connected to other people. That’s what a range of sciences is now telling us: that they have brains already tuned in to other people’s body rhythms and vocal tones and movements. It makes them much more communicative and sophisticated than we often realise. In fact, it turns out that their very brain pathways are shaped by the kinds of responses that they receive from other people. “So, to build the kind of society that we all want, we need to pay more attention to the way that we relate to our youngest children. I guess you could say that science is helping us to understand why it is that the way we love our children matters so much.”
For the first time ever, the connected baby: a film conversation by Suzanne Zeedyk and Jonathan Robertson is available to view online–right here on Mothering.com. Please enjoy and share this exclusive airing Feb 28th through Mar 1st. For a copy of the film on DVD please visit theconnectedbaby.org. Discover more about the film in this blog post by Mothering founder Peggy O’Mara.
Click HERE to watch.