Resources-DVDs

Resources: DVDs and TV

//Documentary // [|Connect with Kids: High School Survival Kit] 2007. DVD. Not Rated. This survival kit has truly assisted me in talking with my children about the peer pressures and issues that face them every day. As a parent I've had trouble talking to my kids and coming up with the best way to approach them. This dvd has guided me in doing this. - Customer review, Amazon.com

//TV // //You don't have to watch re-runs of The Brady Bunch to laugh at a TV family that is nothing like yours. Instead, you can check out Modern Family on TV or on DVD: // =[|Modern Family: The Complete First Season] = 2009. DVD. Not Rated A TV show that "takes a refreshing and funny view of what it means to raise a family in this hectic day and age." - Amazon.com

//Movies // =[|Mom at Sixteen/Too Young to Be a Dad] = 2002. DVD. Not Rated Frank and poignant Lifetime movies that unveil the compelling reality of teen parenthood - amazon.com

[|The Ultimate Gift] 2006. DVD. PG <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This very powerful film is funny, heartbreaking, and intensely thought-provoking - Amazon.com <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> =<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|Second Hand Lions] = <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2003. DVD. PG <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">There is plenty of adventure... as well as love, family, friendship, and loyalty. - Amazon.com

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">[|Sleepover] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">2004. DVD. PG <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Four best friends, desperate to improve their social status, enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against the popular clique in their school. - IMDb, Internet Movie Database //<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;"> [|10 Things I Hate About You]. // <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">1999. DVD. PG-13 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">A modern retelling of William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. With an all star cast this movie deals with the issues of peer pressure, parents’ expectations, and discovering where you fit in the world. - YALSA

//<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;"> [|Bend It Like Beckham]. // <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">2003. DVD. PG-13 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Jess, a high school soccer star, struggles with finding herself and remaining true to her family’s strict orthodox Sikh beliefs.- YALSA

//<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal;">[|Juno] // <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">2007. DVD. PG-13 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, a quirky sixteen-year-old makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child in this witty comedy. - YALSA

=<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|Madea's Family Reunion] (Full Screen Edition) (2006) = =<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2006. DVD. PG-13 = <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">It makes you realize that everyone is going through life's challenges, but things will work themselves out eventually. - <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Customer Review, Amazon.com

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">[|Confessions of an American Girl] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">2005. DVD. R <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The acting by all cast members is really great and the story is not boring, however shocking or disturbing it may be, it is simply real. - Customer review, Amazon.com

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 6pt 0in 9pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> [|Ghost World] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">2001. DVD. R <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">If you've ever felt alienated by the world around you, //Ghost World// will offer laughter, tears, and reassurance that you are definitely not alone. - Amazon.com

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">[|Stand By Me] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">1986. DVD. R <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">It's delightfully entertaining from start to finish, thanks to the rapport among its young cast members and the timeless, universal themes of friendship, family, and the building of character and self-esteem. - Amazon.com