How do family crises actually help? Is Home Alone just Deadpool for kids!?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are celebrating the holidays by doing a movie family therapy on Home Alone! They’re talking about family crises, forgiveness, and vulnerability. Jonathan talks about what family scapegoating is and why Kevin is the scapegoat. And he therapizes Kate McCallister as a mom in crisis. Alan praises the impeccable characters actors that make Home Alone so memorable, and he couldn’t go without mentioning the magical power of a John Williams score.