Title: The Babadook

Date: 2014

Media type: Film

Category: Parenting, Internal Dynamics of Families

Keywords: parent-child relationships, types of parent (single), stress and coping, conflict management

Rating: R

Audience(s): College Age, Parents, Adults

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: A stressed, single mom cares for her disillusioned son after the death of her husband. She lives her life only to make her child feel comfortable and normal in his surroundings. They come upon a children’s book called The Babadook and encounter strange experiences. The mom was able to cope with her husband’s death from the lesson of being consumed by grief.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: What would be a more approachable technique to discuss about Samuel’s father’s room? Besides being furious at her son, how could Amelia disciplined him instead of yelling in front of her coworker? How should Amelia cope with the death of her husband besides leaving all of his belonging in one room?

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Contributor: Paying Lee