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
Title: Roseanne
Date: 1989
Media type: Television
Format: Episode
TV Season-Episode: Season 2, Episode 10
Category: Parenting
Rating: G – General Audiences
Audience(s): Parents, Couples, Families
Language: English
Film/Episode Summary: This episode centered around Darlene, the middle child in a family of 5, age 13, who is a self described “tomboy” who likes playing sports and watching sports on tv with her father. Darlene must write a poem for school, prompting her mother to share her love of poetry with her . Darlene’s poem ultimately wins the contest and is selected to be read aloud by her at the school’s “culture night”. Roseanne is insistent she attend. Darlene does want to do, afraid that her poem actually “sucks”. Roseanne and her husband disagree. Darlene is made to attend. Roseanne seeing, a bit of herself in Darlene is moved to tears by the poem as she hears of her daughters pain of being stripped of agency, feeling isolated and alone.
Clip Description: This episode is a touching and realistic example of a mother trying to find communion with the child she has the least in common with. It is a clear example of the bidirectional nature of agency and power between parent and child, showing the continuing theme of resistance in parent-child interactions with opportunities for growth and communion
Places to view: Amazon Video
Contributor: Lisa Erbes
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
