Title: Cheaper by the Dozen

Date: 2003

Media type: Film

Rating: PG

Audience(s): Children Under 12, High School Age, Parents, Family

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Cheaper by the Dozen follows Tom and Kate Baker and their twelve children as they move from a rural Illinois town to a suburb of Chicago. Tom gets his dream job as a college football coach, and Kate, a retired journalist, gets her first book published. As their work schedules intensify, Tom and Kate’s presence at home decreases, and their family life becomes increasingly chaotic, which forces them to learn to balance their work and family life in order to foster positive parent-child relationships.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: For portrayal of Family Stress and the ability to overcome it, Authoritative Parenting Style, parenting different age groups-adolescence, middle childhood, early childhood, How to juggle work and family

Places to view: Youtube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play, Itunes

Contributor: Sarah Ambrose