While addiction may cause similar changes in the brains of different people, recovery is a very individual solution. Changing behavior is the aim of treatment, but no single treatment program will work for all addicts. This program visits the Ridgeview Institute near Atlanta to interview recovering addicts and sit in on a group therapy session. Mr. Moyers also visits Project SAFE, an innovative treatment program that reaches out to disadvantaged mothers...

Featuring an interview with acclaimed author and cultural observer Judith Warner, this ABC News program conveys the perspective of an American mother who has done much of her parenting outside the United States. Warner discusses her book Perfect Madness and its observations about the hectic, competitive lifestyle embraced by many American moms-a lifestyle increasingly fraught with anger and depression. While the author and three other mothers provide...

Using a down-to-earth support group format-as well as a generous supply of ice cream-this video can help young people cope with situations and surroundings that often result when two families merge. The program acknowledges feelings that children can experience when their parents remarry, including resentment and hostility toward new stepsiblings and half-siblings and a loss of privacy and trust.but it provides a clear strategy for improving relationships...

The Human Rights Commission estimates that in the 1990s, 11 million children were working in Pakistan; half of them were under the age of 10 and that 25% of Pakistan's work force is made up of child laborers. This episode excerpts the film by Magnus Bergmar, "The Carpet," which looks at Pakistan's system of child labor and the movement to abolish it. The life and death of Igbal Masih is examined. Sold into bondage at the age of 4 over a $12 debt,...

Are gender roles universal when it comes to leading a family or family group? Do the concepts of father, mother, offspring, and sibling change among different cultures? Is there a formula for the perfect family? In the Himalayas, that recipe may involve multiple husbands, and in certain provinces of China, it would be ridiculous for a man to be head of the household, while some communities in the U.S. have a long way to go before shedding the idea...

Easygoing at age seven doesn't always translate into easygoing at 27 - in the course of two decades, a laid-back kid may change into an aggressive or attention-starved adult. But temperament does offer a window into the development of coping skills. Focusing on 11 children as they cross the 7-year age threshold, this program shows how each subject's inherent temperament shapes his or her ability to deal with the pressures of the schoolyard, family...

While parent-child bonding is obviously crucial early on, the ability to interact with peers is perhaps the greatest skill a young person can learn in the years following kindergarten. This program delves into the complex, rapidly evolving social lives of a group of 7-year-olds who have been part of a longitudinal study conducted since they were born. Does Anastasia have all the fun and the advantages by being an extrovert, or is there a downside...

I have never identified as female, and this has been an incredible burden for me over the years. So wrote Caitlin, now Calvin, in the time leading up to his decision to have gender reassignment surgery. In this program, filmed a year after he began transitioning from a female body and a year after marrying his partner Sharon, Calvin and his family share their thoughts on the change and the ways in which it did - and didn't - affect their relationships....

As this program makes clear, the most important thing for a child or teenager to understand about divorce is that it is not their fault. Still, how a child or teenager is affected depends a lot on how the parents handle the divorce and whether they can preserve some semblance of family life. In this video, teens, psychologists, and divorced parents talk about the difficulties young people face when their parents decide to separate. Through interviews...

Losing a job is one of the common denominators of life in America: everyone has lost one-or knows someone who did. How do people cope with this particular form of loss? This straight-talking program considers the concerns and feelings that people often experience after job loss. The six topics examined are the realities of losing a job, why people identify with their jobs, the different ways job loss affects people, understanding the emotions associated...