Synopsis
This episode explores how changes in the first two years of life make us individuals, how tablet use affects our babies and where our biases come from.
- Programme: Babies: Their Wonderful World
- Episode: Becoming You
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Education & Childcare
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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