Tag Archives: biological

Families in Society, Parenting

Instructions Not Included

Title: Instructions Not Included

Date: 2013

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Parenting, Families in Society

Keywords: types of parent, biological, non-biological, fathering, social and cultural influences, work and family

Rating: PG-13

Audience(s): Children Under 12, High School Age, College Age, Parents, Adults, Families

Language: Spanish, English

Film/Episode Summary: A young playboy receives a gift–a child. He makes a trip to the United States to find the mother but after a near death experience, he becomes a stuntman from an attempt to save his daughter. He makes a living in California not only living a dangerous life as a stunt man but also as a single-parent dad. The father-daughter duo gets interrupted when the mom comes into the picture.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: What would bring Valentin to immediately forget about his past to raise his child? How would you explain Valentin’s and Maggie’s relationship from the time she was an infant to an adolescent 6 year old? Describe Valentin’s character development from a bachelor to a father.

Places to view: Netflix

Contributor: Paying Lee

Families in Society, Parenting

Stepmom

Title: Stepmom

Date: 1998

Media type: Film

Format: Clip

Category: Families in Society, Parenting

Keywords: family types, divorce, remarriage, parenting styles, types of parent, step parent, biological

Rating: PG-13

Audience(s): High School Age, College Age, Adults, Parents, Families

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Father of two children remarries younger woman; she adjusts to being a stepmother, the biological mother adjusts to another woman parenting her children.

Clip Description: The dad is at the park with his son and daughter and they are launching a remote control boat on the pond.  The kids are asking him about their stepmom and why he and their mother got a divorce.

Places to view: Only available for purchase

Contributor: Kevin M. Green