Category Archives: Parenting

Parenting

The Little Mermaid

Title: The Little Mermaid

Date: 1989

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Parenting

Keywords: parenting styles, discipline

Rating: PG

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

Language: English

 

Comment or Recommendations for Teaching: What parenting style/discipline approach is shown here? Why? What are the implications of this act on the father/daughter relationship? What is the face of King Triton as he leaves? Why is his facial expression important?

Contributor: Aubree

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8IbTGzsfpo

Parenting

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Date: 2001

Media type: Film

Format: Clip

Category: Parenting

Keywords: parenting styles

Rating: PG

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

Language: English

Comment or Recommendations for Teaching: The Dursley’s use very different parenting styles for Harry and Dudley, what are they? What is the reasoning for the styles given? What would be the outcomes possibly expected for the relationship between Dudley and his parents? Harry and his aunt and uncle? Harry and his cousin?

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

Contributor: Aubree

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wqWRNsu7iI

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