Tag Archives: family demographics

Families in Society, Internal Dynamics of Families

Secrets and Lies

Title: Secrets and Lies

Date: 1996

Media type: Film

Category: Families in Society, Internal Dynamics of Families

Keywords: family demographics, family relationship

Rating: R

Audience(s): College Age, Adults

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Cynthia lives in London with her sullen street-sweeper daughter. Her brother has been successful with his photographer’s business and now lives nearby in a more upmarket house. But Cynthia hasn’t even been invited round there after a year. So, all round, she feels rather lonely and isolated. Meanwhile, in another part of town, Hortense, adopted at birth but now grown up, starts to try and trace her mother.

Places to view: Only available for purchase

Contributor: Anonymous

Families in Society, Family Life Education and Methodology

HBO Documentaries

Title: HBO Documentaries

Date: 2010

Media type: Documentary

Format: Complete

TV Season-Episode: Homeless_Kids

Category: Families in Society, Family Life Education Methodology

Keywords: family demographics, learning environments, content development

Rating: NR

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: This documentary follows the daily lives of many homeless children and how they survive the struggles of poverty. Though the documentarian is aggressive in her questioning style and creates drama by being there in the first place and intrusive, the insights of the children and the resiliency of their families is impressive. Though at times it is painfull to watch it focuses on a serious issue that exists in our society.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: Why do you think poverty becomes a trapping experience? What resilience do you see in the families and children interviewed? What do you think the lack of hope expressed by many of the children do to their development? What systems need to be in place or strengthened to help families in this situation rise out of the poverty they are in instead of just sustaining them at the poverty level?

Contributor: Ian Brunzell-Looney

Families in Society, Family Life Education and Methodology

Sesame Street

Title: Sesame Street

Date: 2013

Media type: TV Show

Format: Episode

TV Season-Episode: Incarceration

Category: Family Life Education Methodology, Families in Society

Keywords: learning environments, evaluation measures, family demographics

Rating: G

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: In this web series the Sesame Street crew address the often avoided topic of parental incarceration. The characters talk to a few kids who are experiencing the incarceration of a parent. It provides good strategies to parents, teachers, and child care workers to address incarceration in a positive way.

Places to view: HBO Go, pbs.com/sesame/watch-full-episodes/

Contributor: Ian Brunzell-Looney