Tag Archives: communication

Internal Dynamics of Families

Modern Family

Title: Modern Family

Date: 2012

Media type: Television

Format: Clip

TV Season-Episode: Season 3 episode 22, “Disneyland”

Category: Internal Dynamics of Families

Keywords: conflict management, communication

Rating: PG

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Gloria and Jay bicker over Gloria’s choice of shoes for the park. Jay told her before they leave home to not wear heels but she did not listen to him. Now her feet hurt but she refuses to admit that she was wrong and she is grumpy. Jay buys her a pair of slippers and she immediately gets happy thanking Jay for his gift.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: Discuss why Jay decided to be kind to Gloria despite her being angry at him. How might have his  turning towards her have helped their marriage in the future? How did he do at asking her about a potential issue later in the clip? Was he doing well at conflict resolution?

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Contributor: Micah Dalluge

Families in Society, Internal Dynamics of Families

Modern Family

Title: Modern Family

Date: 2012

Media type: Television

Format: Clip

TV Season-Episode: Season 3 episode 24

Category: Families in Society, Internal Dynamics of Families,

Keywords: conflict management, social and cultural influences, communication, stress and coping

Rating: PG

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: While Mitch and Cam were practicing for for their daughter’s dance recital, they received a phone call that the pregnant woman that was going to adopt her new born to them had just give birth. Mitch wanted to keep in a secret before telling the rest of the family, but Cam wasn’t able to hold in his excitement minutes later the whole family knew about their adoption. There was a quick meeting with Jay, and although he opposed of the adoption at first, he shared his happiness and support about the great news.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: Discuss how each character feels about the adoption. Is this good stress or bad stress and how can we tell? What problems occur with the news of adoption and how do they over come it?

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Contributor: Amy Her

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