Parenting :: Addressing Tough Topics With Your Kids
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From tackling peer pressure to learning to achieve five whole minutes without a cell phone in hand, addressing tough topics with your kids head-on can be hard. Even with the littlest ones, it’s not always easy to explain why you can’t get them that cute puppy and why they need to be nice to their sister. But with Netflix, your kid’s favorite shows can open the door for these tricky, sometimes awkward (hello parents of tweens and teens!), conversations. Netflix is host to a variety of family-friendly shows that explore a range of real-life issues with equal measures of humor, angst and heart. No matter your situation, chances are there’s a show and episode that can kickstart a dialogue around the topic just by watching it together. |
Here are some great shows you can watch with your kids that talk about self-esteem, getting along with others and sibling rivalry.
Let’s Talk About…For the little kids: |
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Sibling Rivalry Buzzbee and Rubee compete over who Babee (their new sibling) gets to room with. Mom and Dad must explain to Buzzbee and Rubee that Babee needs to grow up before she can share a room. |
Responsibility Larry and Laura Carrot want to adopt puppies but quickly learn it takes responsibility in order to watchover and care for a pet of their own. |
Following the Rules Mama tells Oona and Baba to stay close with a storm approaching. After ignoring her advice, Oona and Baba get stuck in a seagull nest during the heavy thunderstorms. |
For the big kids: |
Self-Love After Dulcinea feels like no one in the group needs her help, she tries to use a newly-discovered wishing star to show her worth — but fails — showing her that presence alone has lit up her friends’ lives all along. |
Teamwork After McKeyla insists she works better alone, she learns that four is better than one when her friends jump in to help her rescue the Prince from a botched space mission. |
Peer Pressure After getting grounded for sneaking off to Bobby Popko’s house, Jackson realizes he needs to stand up for what he knows is right and not give in to please his friends. |
For the teens: |
Social Media FOMO Cory challenges his class to unplug from their phones for a week. When Riley and her crush Lucas sit down to talk face-to-face, personal stories bring them closer. |
Self Improvement Kimmy quickly realizes that she can’t fix her problems by simply “Buhbreezing” them away – real change comes from the inside. |
Body Image According to the kids of Degrassi Community School, butts are the new boobs. But Shay’s realization that “brains are the new butts” can speak to a number of body image insecurities. |
And we have some exciting news! In association with The Jim Henson Company, Netflix announced today its newest show coming to the streaming service in early 2017: Julie’s Greenroom, an all-new preschool show starring and co-created by the talented Julie Andrews.
Julie’s Greenroom will feature an all-new cast of puppets known as the “Greenies” who will help Julie and her partner, Gus, introduce performing arts to Netflix’s youngest watchers. Along the way an array of star-studded guests, including Idina Menzel, Josh Groban, Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett and more, will join Julie in bringing new music and original songs to each episode.
This is just the latest example of Netflix’s push for new preschool programming following last month’s announcement of Jim Henson’s Word Party, a new show using the groundbreaking Henson Digital Puppetry Studio allowing puppeteers to perform digitally animated characters in real time.
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Melissa
Melissa Northway, M.S. is a mom, founder of dandelion moms, and a children’s book author. Her award-winning book Penelope the Purple Pirate was inspired by her little tomboy. Penelope is a modern-day Pippi Longstocking who teaches girls and boys the importance of having fun while at the same time teaching them to be kind and respectful of others and their differences. Dandelion moms was created for moms to share their stories and to inspire and be inspired! You can reach Melissa at: info@dandelionmoms.com and follow her @melissanorthway and @dandelionmoms. Check out her author web site at: www.melissanorthway.com, as she hands out loads of goodies from the treasure chest.
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