Family Circles

Duration: 33

Year Published: 1949

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Uses case studies to demonstrate the necessity for integrating the home-school relationship into a mutual undertaking in which each actively supports the work of the other. Pictures Freddy Price's dejection when his parents are too busy on Visitors' Day to show interest in his part of the school display. Shows how Shirley Jenkins' parents misunderstand her sensitivity to criticism. Pictures Tommy's need for emotional security in a home upset by quarrels. Concludes with Jimmy's circle, in which the whole family takes an interest in his school work and social adjustment problems.


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