DIRECTOR'S CUT: What THE INCREDIBLES Got Right About Parenting
Added 2022-09-21 14:19:09 +0000 UTCParenting done properly is a heroic act.
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright share some of the parenting lessons we can learn from Mr. and Mrs. Incredible. They talk about how parenting takes sacrifice, healthy boundaries, and a lot of endurance. Bob and Helen Parr show us how being present, showing love, and taking accountability are crucial components of parenting even when your kids are super! And Alan and Jonathan can attest that even if your kids are just normal, this is still true. They talk about the amazing physical comedy, how relatable so many of the parenting scenes are, how this might be the best superhero movie ever.
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I LOVE this one. This may be one of my favorite episodes yet. I'm not a parent, but I feel like I really got to understand my parents through this and why I feel so much closer to one than the other. I really feel your advice about giving your kids your full attention, even if it's only for a bit. My parents were very busy growing up but I never felt neglected for the same reason. Anyway, thank you for this. Delightful to watch as always
Roma Stache
2024-10-16 10:32:50 +0000 UTCCinderella here, late to the ball, and about to watch the directors cut (binged on YouTube, now to binge in Patreon…) but expecting this to be hard again: my son has a serious learning disability and is autistic. For the first 18 months of his life our running joke was ‘your child will probably — nope’) because he hit almost none of his developmental markers. At nearly 13 there are still really elemental markers that he has not hit. He does learn and grow, but there’s Jack-Jack stuff that we’ve not experienced. Do you know of any films besides Forest Gump where one of the key characters has a substantial learning disability? We’re seeing more neurodiversity, so I may have missed what’s out there.
Kristin Fitch
2023-05-28 10:16:01 +0000 UTCSo all dads do the Dad Cat Nap (TM)?
Allegra Fortin
2023-01-24 03:12:24 +0000 UTCI'm sure you are :)
Cinema Therapy
2022-12-19 08:21:50 +0000 UTCI’ve probably watched this episode 6 times already. I feel so validated and understood. I watch whenever I need reassurance that I’m doing just fine raising my three tiny humans
Yindta Whittington
2022-12-19 06:54:25 +0000 UTCJon, when you talk about kids acting like angels around others but flipping a switch when they're home, I have something for you. Our kids face the world every day and learn what masks they are expected to wear (good reader, quiet and attentive, cheerful helper, engaging student, athlete who pushes herself, what have you). When they come home, if we as parents have built a safe place for them, then they can take off that mask and act out BECAUSE they know they can do it safely. It is, in its own twisted way, an incredible compliment on our parenting skills that we have made a haven in which they feel safe enough to release those masks.
just me
2022-10-31 19:18:30 +0000 UTCThank you for some excellent parenting information here.
Terpsichore
2022-10-07 08:03:03 +0000 UTCJust watched this one last week…going to spoil meself and watch the directors cut.
Wendy Darling
2022-09-21 16:15:53 +0000 UTC
