Monday, November 18, 2013
Movie Recommendations for Dealing with Conflict - Lori Holden
The Adoption at the Movies contest generated lots of thoughtful
movie recommendations. Adoption author Lori Holden recommended two films that
can help youngsters begin to think about seeing things from another’s
point-of-view.
From Lori:
Remember when I wrote about the Drama Wheel? The short playwhere one person is the villain, the victim and the hero?
Well, there are other examples, as I’m finding, of stories
in which two opposing parties are forced to see from the other’s viewpoint.
Here are two movies my kids have been watching lately. Check
out the general theme of…
Seeing a situation from multiple perspectives
Tessa likes Freaky Friday. Mom thinks her teenage daughter
is self-centered and incapable of thinking about the people around her.
Daughter thinks mom has no idea how difficult it is to be a teenager because
the Mom is so wrapped up in her own life. They argue with and rage at each
other, missing each other’s point of view because they are so stuck in their
own.
Through a magical fortune cookie, one freaky day they trade
places. The daughter inhabits the mom’s life and the mom lives the daughter’s.
Finally, in walking in the other’s shoes, they each can more fully love,
respect, and appreciate the other.
Reed is into Brother Bear. Kenai is mad at a bear he thinks
was responsible for the death of his brother, Sitka, so he hunts it down and
kills it. But Sitka’s spirit has arranged for Kenai to learn about the
connectedness of all life. So through the bear’s death, Kenai becomes a bear.
A third brother, Denahi, now hunts the bear for revenge,
thinking the bear killed his two brothers. He doesn’t realize that he’s hunting
his own brother!
Click on over to read the rest (and see Freaky Friday!) at Lori’s website – Lavender Luz! Stay on the watch for more recommendations and
new Adoption Movie Guides over the next weeks!
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