Tag Archives: stress and coping

Internal Dynamics of Families

A Walk to Remember

Title: A Walk to Remember

Date: 2002

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Internal Dynamics of Families

Keywords: Adolescence, family functioning, family trauma, parent-child relationships, stress and coping, types of parents

Rating: PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Landon Carter is the popular boy in school, but he doesn’t have any plans for after high school. A prank that went wrong landed a student in the hospital, and Landon is held responsible for it. As a punishment for his actions, Landon is forced to complete after-school community service. One of those activities is being the lead in the school play. At practice, Landon meets Jamie Sullivan who is the opposite of himself. Jamie is a preacher’s daughter and has high expectations for her life. Landon wants to take his life more seriously, so he turns to Jamie, and ends up falling in love with her along the way. As the film continues, Jamie reveals a heart-breaking secret that forces the two to realize the true meaning of love.

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

Contributor: Krista Hamann

Internal Dynamics of Families

The Fault in Our Stars

Title: The Fault in Our Stars

Date: 2014

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Internal Dynamics of Families

Keywords: Adolescence, decision-making, family relationships, family trauma, response to crisis, stress and coping, therapy

Rating: PG 13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Hazel is a teen with cancer. Her mother forces her to go to a support group for other teens that struggles with sicknesses. There she meets a boy named Gus with which she fell in love. As she fights for her life, they go on a great adventure to Amsterdam to fulfill her dreams.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: How did Gus’s parents and Halzel’s parents differ in their parenting styles? What do you think drove Hazel’s parents to let her travel across the world with such ailments? 

Places to view: ITunes, YouTube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play

Contributor: Krista Hamann

Interpersonal Relationships

Never Back Down

Title: Never Back Down

Date: 2008

Media type: Film

Rating: PG 13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

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

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: The movie is about a boy named Jake Tyler, whose family just moved to Florida because his little brother, Charlie, is a tennis star and got an offer to a high-profile school. Jake lost his father in a drunken driving accident that he was involved with, has had a hard time connecting with people. Because of this, it has gotten him in multiple fights because he can’t get over the lost of his father and feels like it was his fault. But when Jake gets pulled into a fight at party by the popular jock at the school name Ryan McCarthy, all hell breaks loose and people find out about his past. He has to learn how to defend himself and takes up kickboxing. But as he learns that there is more to life then fighting and doesn’t want to be angry or feel guilty about his past anymore, he decides that he doesn’t want revenge at Ryan who pulled him into that fight. But through one of his friend’s being attacked by Ryan, he gets pulled back in again and decides he’s going to fight one last time to protect his friends and can finally finish things with Ryan and his past mistakes.

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

Contributor: Winthrop Rockwell IV