| Overall: | B+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B+ |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | B |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B |
| Run Time: | 96 |
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| Video Release: | 11 Mar 2008 |
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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.
How does the loss of their wife and mother affect Dan and his daughters? What are the challenges of being a single parent?
What kind of extended family and sibling relationships are portrayed in this film? How do Dan’s parents offer support to their children?
What positive outcomes can result from reunions and other shared familial traditions?

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.