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What Is Family? Defining the Tie that Binds

ABC News Productions. (Added Author). Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Added Author). Films Media Group (Added Author).

Summary: Is biological lineage a necessary precondition for being a family? In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel and correspondent Robert Krulwich visit the Van Dries, of Grand Rapids. With three biological children plus eleven adoptees from the U.S. and around the world, parents Doug and Jan put that question to the test, adding language barriers and the effects of extreme poverty and abuse to the usual array of daunting parental challenges. The sociological underpinnings of family and the psychology of parenting are both examined in this compelling portrait of sixteen people for whom reciprocal loyalty is the cornerstone of life.

Record details

Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 streaming video file (44 min.) : sd., col.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2013], c1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on October 24, 2013. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: What Is a Family (2:04) -- Questioning Definition of Family (1:36) -- Adoption (2:16) -- Meeting Adopted Baby (1:22) -- Large Adopted Family (1:30) -- Lessons of Van Dries (1:12) -- Grocery Shopping (0:48) -- Medical Professionals (2:16) -- Birth Process and Family (3:01) -- Extended Family Response (1:51) -- Brazilian Orphan Adopted (3:23) -- Difficulties with Adopted Kids (2:19) -- Challenges of Growing Family (2:15) -- Gymnastics Competition (2:25) -- Emotionally Troubled Child (3:22) -- Child Out of Control (1:25) -- Love and Commitment (2:27) -- Getting Away (1:21) -- Mother Takes Back Adopted Child (1:55) -- "At All Costs, Preserve the Relationship" (2:50) -- Defining Family (0:53) -- Credits: What is Family? Defining the Tie that Binds (0:26)
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions: NLC students and staff only. Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	6 & up.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description.