Title: Mean Girls
Date: 2004
Media type: Film
Category: Human Growth and Development
Keywords: adolescence, types of parent (nonbiological, mentor)
Rating: PG-13
Audience(s): High School Age, College Age, Adults
Language: English
Film/Episode Summary: New girl comes to high school for the first time. Encounters the social politics of cliques and relational aggression.
Places to view: Youtube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play, Itunes
Contributor: Susan Walker
Title: Stepmom
Date: 1998
Media type: Film
Format: Clip
Category: Families in Society, Parenting
Keywords: family types, divorce, remarriage, parenting styles, types of parent, step parent, biological
Rating: PG-13
Audience(s): High School Age, College Age, Adults, Parents, Families
Language: English
Film/Episode Summary: Father of two children remarries younger woman; she adjusts to being a stepmother, the biological mother adjusts to another woman parenting her children.
Clip Description: The dad is at the park with his son and daughter and they are launching a remote control boat on the pond. The kids are asking him about their stepmom and why he and their mother got a divorce.
Places to view: Only available for purchase
Contributor: Kevin M. Green
Title: The Education of Little Tree
Date: 1997
Media type: Film
Format: Complete
Category: Families in Society, Parenting
Keywords: social and cultural influences, types of parents (grandparents)
Rating: PG
Audience(s): High School Age, College Age, Adults, Parents, Families
Language: English
Film/Episode Summary: Little Tree, is raised by his Indian grandparents when his parents die, but he is sent to an Indian School by the government. Inductive child-rearing techniques are contrasted with behavioral approaches.
Contributor: Libby balter Blume, PhD, CFLE
