| Overall: | B |
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| Violence: | B+ |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | A- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A- |
| Run Time: | 88 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 16 Dec 2002 |
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After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.
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Realizing that he is adopted, Beary runs away to find out who he really is. What better avenues are available to help an adoptee find his or her birth parents? Did Beary’s human parents love him any less because he was adopted?
Beary’s mother did baking when she was anxious. What are some ways that people cope with problems or worries in their lives? What do you do that helps you relax or deal with stress?

Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.