An open-ended film from the Searching Years series which provides role-playing situations concerning communication between parents and children. Compares ways in which parents frighten children with ways in which they make successful contact.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
001651
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Communication
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Oral communication
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child psychology
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children and adults
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Family - Psychological aspects
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Parenting
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Oral communication
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Power (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Role playing
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)