Tag Archives: family trauma

Ethical Issues and Dilemmas

A Beautiful Mind

Title: A Beautiful Mind

Date: 2001

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas

Keywords: adulthood, family conflict, family trauma, response to crisis, work and family

Rating: PG 13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: The movie follows John Nash as he makes brilliant discoveries but also struggles with schizophrenia without knowing it. He becomes aware of schizophrenia after he got married and learns his wife is pregnant with their child. He became aware of his mental illness after his wife checked him into a mental institution. The rest of the movie follows John as he learns how to live life with a mental illness.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: How did mental illness impair Nash from being a father to his child? How did his wife have to pick up the slack to raise their child?

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

Contributor: Krista Hamann

Internal Dynamics of Families

Frozen

Title: Frozen

Date: 2013

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Internal Dynamics of Families

Keywords: family trauma, orphaned children, response to crisis, sibling relationships

Rating: PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Anna and Elsa are royal sisters that have suffered the loss of their parents.  At Elsa’s coronation to be queen, she accidentally reveals her secret power, turning things into ice.  As the people are filled with horror over her power, she flees the city and runs to the mountains.  Anna runs after her and meets a mountain man, playful reindeer, and a fun showman named Olaf.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: How did Elsa and Ana function without the guardianship of their parents. How did Elsa and Ana build a strong relationship even though they were separated through conflict at a young age?

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

Contributor: Krista Hamann

Internal Dynamics of Families

The Fault in Our Stars

Title: The Fault in Our Stars

Date: 2014

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Internal Dynamics of Families

Keywords: Adolescence, decision-making, family relationships, family trauma, response to crisis, stress and coping, therapy

Rating: PG 13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Hazel is a teen with cancer. Her mother forces her to go to a support group for other teens that struggles with sicknesses. There she meets a boy named Gus with which she fell in love. As she fights for her life, they go on a great adventure to Amsterdam to fulfill her dreams.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: How did Gus’s parents and Halzel’s parents differ in their parenting styles? What do you think drove Hazel’s parents to let her travel across the world with such ailments? 

Places to view: ITunes, YouTube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play

Contributor: Krista Hamann