Tag Archives: parent-child relationships

Interpersonal Relationships, Parenting

Rugrats

Title: Rugrats

Date: 1992

Media type: Television

Format: Episode

TV Season-Episode: Chuckie VS. The Potty: S2-E15

Category: Interpersonal Relationships, Parenting

Keywords: conflict management, parent-child relationships

Rating: NR

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: When Chuckie spends a weekend at the Pickles house, he tells Tommy that his father is trying to potty train him.

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Contributor: Anonymous

Families in Society, Family Resource Management, Internal Dynamics of Families, Parenting

Pursuit of Happyness

Title: Pursuit of Happyness

Date: 2006

Media type: Film

Format: Clip

Category: Families in Society, Internal Dynamics of Families, Family Resource Management, Parenting

Keywords: work and family, family demographics, response to crises, decision-making, financial management, parent-child relationships

Rating: PG-13

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Chris Gardner is a down on his luck guy who ends up losing his livelihood, home, money, and wife and lives on the streets with his son. The movie follows his attempt to get steady work and sell a bone-density scanner he has helped create. The story focuses on Chris Gardner’s work ethic and drive to make a better life for him and his son.

Clip Description: In this scene Chris Gardner has been brought into jail on unpaid parking tickets. He has barely enough to pay his tickets, but as he only has a check he ends up having to wait the night in jail so they can clear the check before they release him. As he is unable to leave he has to call someone to watch his son against his instincts. In addition to having to find care for his son he also has a job interview in the morning for a good job but is in work clothes that are covered in paint.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: What role does keeping Gardner in jail do to his life? How, if at all, does imprisoning someone for minor charges help the individual, the city, or the police department? Do you think this scene speak to the cycle of incarceration and poverty?

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Contributor: Ian Brunzell-Looney

Internal Dynamics of Families, Parenting

Gilmore Girls

Title: Gilmore Girls

Date: 2007

Media type: Television

Format: Clip

Category: Internal Dynamics in Families, Parenting

Keywords: family relationship, parent-child relationships

Rating: TV-PG

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Lorelai and Rory are a mother-daughter duo who keeps each other in balance. Gilmore Girls is a series that constructs family and friend relationships.

Clip Start Time: 0.17152777778

Clip Description: Lorelai and her mom, Emily, spend discuss about their tense relationship throughout the years. Lorelai wants to change it by creating a moment that they will share and enjoy together. She decides that her and her mom are going to take the hotel’s robes to symbolize their new relationship. Emily was reluctant of taking the robe but slowly realizes what Lorelai meant. This moment is where they have come to an agreement instead of being conflicted by each other’s ideas.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: Fear was mentioned from Emily when Lorlai decided that they were going to steal the robes; how can fear play a role in their relationship? Knowing that Lorelai wants to improve their mother-daughter relationship, what does this scene say about her character development? Emily smiles before leaving the room; what does that smile illustrate?

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Contributor: Paying Lee