Tag Archives: developmental stage

Ethical Issues and Dilemmas, Families in Society, Internal Dynamics of Families, Interpersonal Relationships, Parenting

Jane the Virgin

Title: Jane the Virgin

Date: 2014 – Present

Media type: Television

Format: Episode

Rating: TV – 14

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Jane the Virgin is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on The CW on October 13, 2014. The series follows Jane Villanueva, a hard-working, religious young Latina woman whose family tradition and a vow to save her virginity until marriage is shattered when a doctor mistakenly artificially inseminates her during a checkup. To make matters worse, the biological donor is a married man, a former playboy and cancer survivor who is not only the new owner of the hotel where Jane works, but was also her former teenage crush. Jane the Virgin also explores issues of immigration, raising children, and parent-child relationships between adults of all ages, and young children.

Places to view: Youtube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play, Jane the Virgin, Hulu

Contributor: Mikayla Perrault

Families in Society, Internal Dynamics of Families, Parenting

Mary Poppins

Title: Mary Poppins

Date: 1964

Media type: Film

Rating: G – General Audiences

Audience(s): Children Under 12

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: A magical nanny helps bring the two children she’s in charge of closer to their father through songs and magical adventures. (IMDB, imdb.com/title/tt0058331)

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

Contributor: Anonymous

Ethical Issues and Dilemmas, Family Resource Management, Health and Human Sexuality, Internal Dynamics of Families, Interpersonal Relationships

Normal

Title: Normal

Date: 2003

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Internal Dynamics of Families, Human Sexuality, Interpersonal Relationships, Family Resource Management, Ethical Issues and Dilemmas

Keywords: family relationship, family functioning, response to crises, conflict management, ethical sexual relationship, communication, developmental stage, personality, decision-making, community resources, diverse cultural value

Rating: R

Audience(s): College Age, Adults

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: In the countryside of the United States of America, Irma Applewood and her husband Roy Applewood have been happily married for twenty-five years and they are model citizens in their community. Roy brings Irma to meet Reverend Dale Muncie, who is their pastor and friend, to tell that he is a woman trapped in a man’s body and he will have a sex-change operation. Now Roy has to face the deception of his wife and the intolerance of his colleagues, members of his church and his son Wayne. But Irma loves him and after the impact of the news, she understands and supports him with their teenage daughter Patty Ann (Hayden Panettiere) and Roy’s boss Frank (‘Clancy Brown’) that is their friend.

Places to view: Only available for purchase

Contributor: Anonymous