Watching Video's together
Videos are a great place to start conversations about values.
Sitting on the lounge with your children watching videos is a fun way to talk about values.
You can use the pause button and the off button and talk at appropriate moments.
Following is a list of videos that have been identified as being especially good starting points for discussion of values.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Values covetousness and greed also the value of family relationships.
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
Values environment
The incredibles
Values power, courage, obedience, justice and what it means to be 'normal'
Brother Bear
Values friendship, family and belonging, taking responsibility, forgiveness and tolerance.
Finding Nemo
Values friendship, loyalty, courage, endurance, collaboration, trust, selflessness.
Freaky Friday
Values understanding and loyalty
Jungle Book 2
Values loyalty, courage, friendship love and caring.
Spy Kids 3D: Game over
Values friendship, co-operation and forgiveness.
Whale Rider
Values loyalty, respect, empathy and resilience
Bend it like Beckham
Values racial tolerance, family, gender roles.
Shrek
Values true beauty, friendship
Chicken Run
Values freedom, not giving up, leadership
Pay it Forward
Values generosity
Virtually any video with a story gives yu a chance to think and talk about questions like:
- What did each of the characters value?
- What did they say about their values?
- What did they do that showed what they valued?
- What choices did the characters make that revealed their values?
- Where did values of different characters come into conflict?
- How did the character reslove the conflict?
- What did you admire about the character and his/her values?
- What did you dislike about a character and his/her values?
- Faced with a situation in the video, what choices might you have made? Why?
- Do you think the makers of the video were trying to teach/promote/demonstrate any particular value/s?
- In what ways does watching this video help to shape your values?