Chronicle of a Happy Childhood: How to Raise a Happy Child?

synopsis

A cuddle or a smack? Mom or institution? Allow everything or nothing? The second part of the docuseries explores how the twentieth century moved the upbringing of Czech parents in different directions. Do Czech parents believe that a spanking is better than a spanking? What role did dads play in parenting? And why do nurseries in the Czech Republic have a negative label?

How to give birth, raise and educate a child to be happy and satisfied? A question that contemporary parents are asking themselves, but that their parents and grandparents were also facing. This five-part documentary series by the trio of directors Kateřina Kořínková Sobotková, Šarka Loukotová and Adela Klingohrová loosely follows on from the successful Chronicle of Orgasm, which was screened at the Jihlava Festival in 2022. Take an entertaining excursion into the history of Czechoslovakia from the perspective of children, adolescents and their parents through a rich television and film archive that eloquently reflects the attitudes of society at different times. All episodes of the docuseries can be viewed at iVysíláni.cz.

biography

Šárka Loukotová works as a director, dramaturg and copywriter. She has spent most of her professional life filming positive journalism for the magazine Víkend (TV Nova), was the creator of the docusoap Vizita (TV Nova) and now she is dramaturging the show Co na to vaše zdraví (CNN Prima News).

more about film

director:	Šárka Loukotová
producer:	Veronika Slámová
script:	Šárka Loukotová
photography:	Tomáš Šťastný

contact

Veronika Slámová / Česká televize
Veronika.Slamova@ceskatelevize.cz