| Overall: | A- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | B+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B+ |
| Run Time: | 98 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 15 Oct 2010 |
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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.
Why do Stoick and Hiccup have such a difficult time communicating? How does that impact their ability to see one another’s point of view?
Does understanding another person’s motivation make it easier to appreciate their choices or decisions?
How To Train Your Dragon is based on a book by Cressida Cowell.

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.