Category Archives: Human Growth and Development

Human Growth and Development, Parenting

The Great Santini

Title: The Great Santini

Date: 1979

Media type: Film

Format: Clip

Category: Human Growth and Development, Parenting

Keywords: adulthood, parent-child relationships

Rating: PG

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: From IMDB: “As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot.”

Clip Description: Letter from Mom’  Discuss method mom used in the scene to show her love for the child based on the Five Languages of Love

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: Contrast with ‘The Big Game’ scene in The Great Santini. Is this true parent involvement? What could this lead to? What sort of modeling does this display?

Contributor: Karen DeBord

Families in Society, Family Resource Management, Human Growth and Development, Internal Dynamics of Families, Interpersonal Relationships, Parenting

Parenthood

Title: Parenthood

Date: 1989

Media type: Film

Category: Parenting

Keywords: parenting styles

Rating: PG-13

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: The families of four adult siblings demonstrate the lighter side of the roller coaster of parenting.

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

Contributor: Susan Walker

Human Growth and Development

Fried Green Tomatoes

Title: Fried Green Tomatoes

Date: 1991

Media type: Film

Category: Human Growth and Development

Keywords: adulthood

Rating: PG-13

Audience(s): College Age, Adults, Couples

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: A relationship between a middle-aged and an elderly woman develops.  Within the relationship, the older woman does a life review and the middle-aged woman completes her mid-life passage.  The film depicts how the two help each other to accomplish their developmental tasks.

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

Contributor: Janice G. Weber