Category Archives: Parenting

Families in Society, Parenting

Women of Brewster Place

Title: Women of Brewster Place

Date: 1989

Media type: Television

Category: Families in Society, Parenting

Keywords: family demographics, parenting styles

Rating: NR

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: From the novel by Gloria Naylor, follows the life of Mattie Michael from her parental home to life on Brewster Place in Chicago of the 1960s. Focuses on single-parenting and women’s networks of social support. Addresses issues of gender, race, class, and sexuality.

Places to view: Youtube

Contributor: Libby Balter Blume, PhD, CFLE

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

Interpersonal Relationships, Parenting

South Central

Title: South Central

Date: 1992

Media type: Film

Format: Clip

Category: Interpersonal Relationships, Parenting

Keywords: conflict management, parent-child relationship

Rating: R

Audience(s): College Age, Adults

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: A man is sent to prison for 10 years. Coming out of prison he wants to live a normal life and stop crime but his son has now followed the criminal path of his father.

Clip Description: Prison Scene – two men talking in a prison cell.  The guy in blue is new to prison.  The guy in orange has been in prison for some time and has grown wiser.  The guy in blue’s 14-year old son was shot on the outside.

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

Contributor: Karen DeBord