NFB Collection
The Terrible Twos and the Trusting Threes
195121 min 22 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Judith Crawley
Script: Polly Mackay-Smith
Produced for the NFB by Crawley Films Ltd.
This title is an acquisition.
A study of child behaviour at two and three years, showing what to expect and how parents can deal constructively with the problems they present. The film shows a group of active children in playground, nursery school and home, first at age two, and then at three. Destructiveness, tantrums, rivalry with younger children, and unreasonable fears are discussed.
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Subject categories
- Children and Youth > Child Rearing and Development
- Families > Child Rearing and Development
- Psychology and Psychiatry > ChildrenFamily Life
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Child DevelopmentRelationships
Credits
- director
- Judith Crawley
- script
- Polly Mackay-Smith
- camera
- Thomas Glynn
- Stanley Brede
- editing
- Wanda Nowakowski