Science of Motherhood

Being a mother is a hard job. Feelings of loneliness and isolation while child rearing. Finding it difficult to love one’s own children. What is the source of stress on mothers? What kind of help do mothers need? The latest science including neuroscience, animal behavior study, and physiology attempts to unveil the background and answers for the stress felt by mothers. The program reveals that the ability to raise children was developed over the long evolutional history of humans, and has been steadily passed down within mothers. We see mothers’ struggles between this biological fate and reality. This entertaining scientific program investigates the fascinating mystery behind child-rearing for not only mothers but also anyone born from a mother.