Stuff -  My Stuff

The human love affair with stuff is deep, abiding and life-long. This week Wendy spends time at a baby shower and visits pre-schools, shopping centres, teenagers' bedrooms and a boarding school to try to find the answer to the question: are we hard-wired to accumulate, or is it something we learn?

These days, even children come with their own truck load of stuff. Wendy talks to kindergarten teacher Paulene Hanna, sociologist Dr Beryl Langer, and Clinical psychologist Dr James Donnelly about how and when children start to accumulate stuff.

The boarders of Xavier College in Melbourne take us on a tour of their rooms and we see their unique personalities through their stuff.

Uncle Bob Randall, traditional owner of Uluru and a member of the stolen generation, tells what it was like to be taken away from his traditional 'stuff' as a young boy.