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Summary: What a great book!
Review: I have tried many video guides for children with very poor luck. The latest to avoid is one put out by the New York Times. Since December, my 10 and 12 year olds and myself have watched 8 movies together from Ms. Minow's recommendations together. What fun we have had. I'm a fairly old-fashioned mom, and it is really nice to have a guide that allows me to select movies to watch with my children that are fun and not embarassing for any of us. Buy it. It is well worth the cost of a few videos.
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Summary: What a great book!
Review: I have tried many video guides for children with very poor luck. The latest to avoid is one put out by the New York Times. Since December, my 10 and 12 year olds and myself have watched 8 movies together from Ms. Minow's recommendations together. What fun we have had. I'm a fairly old-fashioned mom, and it is really nice to have a guide that allows me to select movies to watch with my children that are fun and not embarassing for any of us. Buy it. It is well worth the cost of a few videos.
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Summary: great reference, great read
Review: If only I could give this book 6 stars! It's fun and fascinating, even if you're not a Mom (I'm not) or between the ages of 2 to 18 (certainly not). The book made me think about some of my favorite movies in a new way-- and also taught me what a great teaching tool a movie could be. PS It's a great gift for expectant parents!
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Summary: Instantly, an indispensable guide!
Review: This guide to family movies is a tour de force by a loving parent who also loves movies. Anyone who has sought advice through the net from Movie Mom should buy a copy of this book. Anyone who has not sought such advice should also buy it. Indeed, anyone who loves both children and movies should buy copies for the whole neighborhood. This is not just a guide; the quality of Nell Minow's writing makes it a page turner as well as THE definitive guide for family movies. So nuke some popcorn, and get ready for a very satisfying read!
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Summary: Tired old platitudes
Review: What qualifies this woman to arbitrate what is and isn't good for kids? She seems to have the same mentality as the movie makers who think kids are special idiots that need pap for entertainment. There is nothing new here, and she has no gift for verbal orchestration. Roger Ebert, a childless man, offers more insight into what would or wouldn't be appropriate for MY kids.
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Summary: Tired old platitudes
Review: What qualifies this woman to arbitrate what is and isn't good for kids? She seems to have the same mentality as the movie makers who think kids are special idiots that need pap for entertainment. There is nothing new here, and she has no gift for verbal orchestration. Roger Ebert, a childless man, offers more insight into what would or wouldn't be appropriate for MY kids.
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Summary: It has a lot of great movies for kids AND adults.
Review: Whenever an architectural structure is too narrowly segmented and the population using it needs to improve communications, there will emerge a multi-purpose room--some place where different experiences can combine. This book does precisely that. It is a multi-purpose room that brings together the author's considerable wealth of experience in different sectors--including family life, the business world, and even national policy. Readers can use it in all three domains and many more. Don't be fooled by the "soccer mom" type bio on this page--although Nell Minow is a devoted mother of two who has worked only part time throughout her children's youth. Nothing in this world is greater than being a mom or dad, but Nell Minow's parenting is all the better because she has ventured outside the home. She is a well-known (and extensively published) participant in some of the great economic and social movements of our day. (Look her other books up on this site.) Her father, Newton Minow, was perhaps the single most influential force in improving American television, which he once called a "vast wasteland" and worked to redeem. Nell will have the same impact on Hollywood. This book has so much more than commentary on movies. It contains wise words on duty and responsibility, honesty and integrity, emphathy and compassion, courage, courtesy, and all the other things that really matter in this life. It also offers practical tips on how to communicate with our children--or, better said, love them more competently. For example, she advices us never to tease a child who is watching something too "young." Great advice, and there's lots more of it. Not coincidentally, this book is about the same size as the Holy Bible--and believe me, when it comes to movies for my children and grandchildren, it will be mine.
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