Tag Archives: decision-making

Ethical Issues and Dilemmas

The Blind Side

Title: The Blind Side

Date: 2009

Media type: Film

Category: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas

Rating: PG-13

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Leigh Anne Touhy is a strong, tough, and opinionated wife and mother. While she rarely shows the soft side of her personality, that all changes when she learns about Michael Oher, a homeless boy that is seen hanging around her children’s private school. The movie follows the family as they take in Michael as their own and push him to his full potential. With their assistance, Michael becomes a successful student and football player. They all learn that family is more important than anything else.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: Why do you think Leigh Anne chose to be a parent to Michael? How did the family have to change to accommodate a new member in the family? How do you think Leigh Anne reacted to other’s opinions about her changing family?

Contributor: Krista Hamann

Ethical Issues and Dilemmas, Families in Society, Internal Dynamics of Families, Interpersonal Relationships, Parenting

Jane the Virgin

Title: Jane the Virgin

Date: 2014 – Present

Media type: Television

Format: Episode

Rating: TV – 14

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Jane the Virgin is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on The CW on October 13, 2014. The series follows Jane Villanueva, a hard-working, religious young Latina woman whose family tradition and a vow to save her virginity until marriage is shattered when a doctor mistakenly artificially inseminates her during a checkup. To make matters worse, the biological donor is a married man, a former playboy and cancer survivor who is not only the new owner of the hotel where Jane works, but was also her former teenage crush. Jane the Virgin also explores issues of immigration, raising children, and parent-child relationships between adults of all ages, and young children.

Places to view: Youtube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play, Jane the Virgin, Hulu

Contributor: Mikayla Perrault

Family Resource Management, Internal Dynamics of Families

We Bought a Zoo

Title: We Bought a Zoo

Date: 2011

Media type: Film

Category: Internal Dynamics of Families, Family Resource Management

Keywords: stress and coping, family relationship, financial management, decision-making

Rating: PG

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Benjamin has lost his wife. In a bid to start his life over, he purchases a large house that has a zoo. This is welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper, Kelly, and the rest of the zoo staff. But, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble. The staff must get the zoo back to its former glory, pass a zoo inspection, and get it back open to the public.

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

Contributor: Anonymous