Little John (2002)

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.

In the film, the nun from the unwed mother’s shelter takes it upon herself to tell John about Natalie’s baby, giving the opportunity to adopt the child to the family first. Does she have any right to make this offer without the mother’s permission? What were the positive and the negative effects of her decision? How do you feel about children being adopted by non-relatives?

John pursues every course of action he can in order to reestablish contact with his daughter, telling Little John “if we don’t talk to her—someday we might regret it.” How do you feel about missed opportunities in your life?