I am not a mother, never wanted to be, and never will be, but I thought this might be interesting. I love science docs and I do have baby animals. They do study animals in this as part of their baby studies, which is one of the most interesting parts, esp the look into why sleeping pets and babies twitch.
But this is more a feel-good series than science doc. There are scientists and studies, but the results are mostly what we have known for millennia (and every single result is "Something we have never seen before.", literally, word for word). Sure, it's good to verify common knowledge, but there is just little that is amazing here, yet the series keeps you on the hook that there will be useful answers.
It is SLOW. Each episode could be 15min, without losing anything, but there is a lot of extra footage of babies, parents, scientists, and their activities, plus pretty, arty outdoor shots and music. Takes forever to get around to the point and results of the studies.
NF usually does better docs than movies, so I had high hopes for this, but in tone, it's firmly in Gwyneth Paltrow land. Not that it's pseudo-science, it's not, but that the people are clueless millennials who probably bought live in those $2mil gentrified condos, or that's the image trying to be conveyed here, even of most of the scientists. Happy people and babies doing happy things, always happy in their alternative, slick magazine universe lest we get a dose of real life. I don't mind babies flirting with the camera, but *everyone*?
Huge kudos to NF for having scientists of color and women as experts! Wish they would have spent more time with the diverse couples.
But this is more a feel-good series than science doc. There are scientists and studies, but the results are mostly what we have known for millennia (and every single result is "Something we have never seen before.", literally, word for word). Sure, it's good to verify common knowledge, but there is just little that is amazing here, yet the series keeps you on the hook that there will be useful answers.
It is SLOW. Each episode could be 15min, without losing anything, but there is a lot of extra footage of babies, parents, scientists, and their activities, plus pretty, arty outdoor shots and music. Takes forever to get around to the point and results of the studies.
NF usually does better docs than movies, so I had high hopes for this, but in tone, it's firmly in Gwyneth Paltrow land. Not that it's pseudo-science, it's not, but that the people are clueless millennials who probably bought live in those $2mil gentrified condos, or that's the image trying to be conveyed here, even of most of the scientists. Happy people and babies doing happy things, always happy in their alternative, slick magazine universe lest we get a dose of real life. I don't mind babies flirting with the camera, but *everyone*?
Huge kudos to NF for having scientists of color and women as experts! Wish they would have spent more time with the diverse couples.