Category Archives: Parenting

Health and Human Sexuality, Human Growth and Development, Internal Dynamics of Families, Parenting

Love Actually

Title: Love Actually

Date: 2003

Media type: Film

Category: Internal Dynamics of Families, Human Sexuality, Parenting, Human Growth and Development

Keywords: stress and coping, family relationship, middle childhood, adolescence, parent-child relationships, step-fathering

Rating: R

Audience(s): College Age, Adults

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: A romantic comedy set in London. The film follows10 intertwining love stories. All of the stories collide for the climax on Christmas Eve.

Clip Description: Sam, a young boy, has just experienced the death of his mother. His stepfather finds out that he is not just coping with this, but also the experience of a developing first love. Rather than ask and assuming who “she” is, the stepfather asks Sam who “he/she is” and supports the young boy in understanding the feeling of love regardless of age.

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

Contributor: Jessica Shankman

Internal Dynamics of Families, Parenting

Are We There Yet?

Title: Are We There yet?

Date: 2005

Media type: Film

Format: Clip

Category: Internal Dynamics of Families, Parenting

Keywords: response to crises, parent-child relationships, stepfather

Rating: PG

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Nick Persons is interested in Suzanne Kingston and wants to form a relationship with her. In order to do this though, he needs to get past her two children, Lindsey and Kevin. Nick agrees to take Lindsey and Kevin to their father’s house, and this turns into a crazy car ride.

Clip Description: Kevin and Lindsey arrive at their father’s just to realize that he has a new wife and a new baby. They see that the baby’s age does not line up with how long their mother and father have been separated and instantly feel rejected. Nick confides in them that he too grew up without a father and this brings them closer together.

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

Contributor: Leidy Kasper

Health and Human Sexuality, Parenting

The Moth Podcast

Title: The Moth Podcast

Date: 2014

Media type: Podcast

Format: Complete

TV Season-Episode: “The Conversation”

September 30, 2014

Category: Parenting, Human Sexuality, Human Growth and Development

Keywords: middle childhood, communication

Rating: N/A

Audience(s): College Age, Adults, Parents

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: A mother describes the initial shock of having “the conversation” about sex with her 8 year old daughter. She desribes her own experience of the conversation with her mother when she was younger and her hasitation to have it with her daughter when she started asking questions. She realized though that unlike the conversation she had with her mother in which the information was piled on all at once, this was a topic better spread out over several conversations because what is important is not a single discussion, but rather the on going conversation.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: How was the story teller’s experience of “the conversation” with her mother different than the one she wanted to have with her daughter? What are some of the outcomes for both mother and daughter of having an ongoing conversation about sex rather than one single conversation that is jam packed with information?

Contributor: Carly Baumann