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Parenting

Hannah Montana: The Movie

Title: Hannah Montana: The Movie

Date: 2009

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Parenting

Keywords: adolescence, decision-making, family relationships, fathering, parent-child relationships, single parenting, social and cultural influences

Rating: G – General Audiences

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Hannah Montana is a pop star at the peak of her fame. Everyone wants to meet her and take photos of her.  However, Hannah is actually Miley Stewart with a blond wig.  Miley’s father thinks she needs to take a break from fame and get a reality check because the fame is going to her head.  He takes her back to her hometown, Crowley Corners, Tennessee.  Will Miley realize what is really important or will she go on being a pop star that is full of herself?

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: What decisions does Mileys father continuously make to keep his daughter’s best interests at heart?

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Contributor: Krista Hamann

Parenting

Captain Fantastic

Title: Captain Fantastic

Date: 2016

Media type: Film

Rating: R – Restricted

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

Language: English

Source: iTunes

Film/Episode Summary: Captain Fantastic is about a father that raises his children in a way that is different than from what most people would consider normal. He and his children live out in the wilderness and fend for themselves. Only occasionally does the dad go into town to get supplies. Everyday dad and the children vigorously train to be fit and study things that most kids in college would struggle with. The kids are wickedly smart, but don’t know much about interacting with the rest of society. The family decides to journey out of their unique home when they find out their mother has committed suicide. The father harsh but loving parenting is apparent throughout the whole film.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: This film shows the harshness and strengths of traditional style parenting. It also drives home the point that even if a family looks different, this doesn’t mean that it cant function. This movie is a raw example of family conflict and resolution of differences.

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

Contributor: Anthony Torrez

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