 Jack outgrows his belief that men should be the breadwinners of the family.
Men lunge at their boss when they are laid off. Jack throws the phone in a fit of anger. In a dream sequence intended to parody soap operas, Caroline pulls a gun on Jack and kills him -- no blood.
No sex or nudity, but plenty of flirtation and risqué overtures. A divorcee wears low-cut blouses and hits on Jack, and later appears in lingerie during a dream sequence. Caroline's boss aggressively hits on her wearing a robe. A brief scene of Chippendales dancing at a strip club in leather underwear, with one of the dancers accepting a tip and sticking it in the crotch of the underwear; a woman rushes the stage.
Occasional profanity: "s--t," "son of a bitch," "ass," "hell," "dammit." In the workplace, a woman gives a successful advertising pitch and the CEO of the company says to her male boss, "Where have you been hiding this little girl?"
Plenty of product placement, especially cleaning products such as Tide, Clorox, and Borax. Jack is partial to Miller Lite beer. Caroline works on an ad campaign for a fake tuna fish company, Schooner Tuna. Frequent viewings of The Young and the Restless.
No drugs, but plenty of smoking in the boardroom. As he gets more bored with the situation, Jack begins to drink beer during the day, often while watching soap operas. Cigar smoking. Scenes where characters come home drunk. Champagne drinking. A woman trying to seduce the lead character enters his bedroom with a tray holding two glasses and a fifth of Jack Daniels whiskey. A man admits to being drunk while trying to seduce a married woman.
Parents need to know that Mr. Mom is a 1983 movie in which a laid-off engineer from the auto industry struggles with his role as a househusband while his wife becomes the breadwinner. Though this comedy is rated PG and features kids, it's fairly racy. A divorcee targets a married man and flashes her cleavage, a boss hits on his married employee, and Jack and his housewife friends see a male stripper show. There's plenty of smoking and drinking. There's some mild profanity ("s--t," "son of a bitch," "ass," "hell," "dammit.")  Some sexism: A woman gives a successful advertising pitch and the CEO of the company says to her male boss, "Where have you been hiding this little girl?"
Wondering if Mr. Mom is OK for your kids?
This cute family comedy about employment and parenthood is fine, but not special in any way.
It's a great movie but involves swearing and strippers and a bit of violence (fighting and a gun) but it's funny and sends a great message of equality...
Decades after it was first released in theaters, this movie remains as relevant as ever; stay-at-home dads may not be that rare anymore, but what keeps this comedy fresh is its humor. Simply put, it's hilarious. In the hands of lesser thespians, Jack and Caroline would have merely become caricatures. But in Keaton and Garr, they are layered and conflicted and always funny.
The results of the switch aren't all that surprising -- it's the journey to Jack and Caroline's epiphanies that makes Mr. Mom worthwhile. In the end, the movie takes a position: Men and women are equal, at home and at work. It's not a new life lesson, but how fun it is to be reminded.
Families can talk about gender roles in Mr. Mom. How was it hard for the homemaker to become the breadwinner and vice-versa? The idea of a househusband was a novelty in the '80s -- has that changed? Caroline's boss blatantly hits on her. Could an employer behave this way today? What more recent movies have you seen that show men in domestic roles?
Could this movie be remade and placed in a contemporary setting? Why or why not? What would be different? What would be the same?
Besides attitudes toward gender roles, what are some other ways in which this movie is firmly placed in the realities of the early 1980s?
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. This week we call to mind the unconditional love of Jesus who gave his life for us. Commemorating the events that led to our salvation, we set our sights on celebrating the Lord’s’ victory over sin and death on Easter Sunday. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, one might ask how the week ahead could possibly be holy, given the suffering, fear, uncertainty and isolation this crisis has caused?
The circumstances of any given time in history do not dictate whether we observe the redeeming actions of God’s steadfast love. We do not cancel Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter or Pentecost because wars, natural disasters, acts of terror or terrible illnesses disrupt the normal order of doing things. However, such circumstances at times call us to adjust our prescribed and usual ways of making the observance.
This Holy Week we are asked to stay at home. The distribution of blessed palms will have to wait until another time. Absent will be the public celebration of the inspiring Chrism Mass on Monday, the beautiful Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, the poignant Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday, the great Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night, the glorious Mass on Easter. We priests will celebrate these liturgies without our beloved people present with us, as we have been doing these past weeks (and we miss you so much!). The faithful, if they have such access, will view these sacred liturgies from the pews of their living room sofas and chairs. Those who cannot connect through the internet will be left to imagining their participation in these holy rituals which many look forward to every year.
We need this Holy Week. During these days, let’s go to church in our hearts. Let’s take with us family, friends, doctors, nurses, patients with the virus and families of those mourning those who have died. Let’s pray more than ever. Pray the rosary with those in our homes. Name out loud people we are remembering in prayer. Let’s sing holy songs of praise and hope. Until returning to the altars of our churches, let’s make a space for an in home altar, a special place where we put a Bible, a candle, a statue of Mary or of a saint, some flowers, photos, or art, all calling us to connect with Jesus and each other.
The coronavirus has not canceled Holy Week, it has changed it. The victory of Jesus over sin and death can never be canceled and we are changed because of it. That is the meaning of Holy Week, even one so very different.
BCN and its partners are working to advocate for better collection and analysis of data on children’s living arrangements in order to allow countries to identify trends and patterns in girls’ and boys’ care, monitor changes to their situation, and respond accordingly.
The Better Care Network (BCN) and the Child Protection Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (MERG) organized a two-day round table meeting between 9-11 September 2014, to explore how data regarding the living and care situations of children can be better used to provide insight into their vulnerability, and to guide more targeted policies, services and interventions on their behalf.
The aim of this initiative is to inform the development of an inter-agency technical brief that explains what household level data is available through DHS and MICS that is critical to better understanding and monitoring of trends and patterns in children’s living arrangements and care status, and how the data can and should be extracted and used to inform policy and programmes at country and international levels.It’s your last chance to win our fabulous competition with young British company Burnt Custard with whom we’ve teamed up to give away two sets of their funky customised base layers worth £134.98 a set.
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Burnt Custard was launched last year by skiers Chris Lounds, Ash Luker and Phil Miller who have spent many seasons in the Alps. They spotted a niche in the market for a customisable and high-quality base layer that is entirely manufactured in Britain — from the fabric and tags down to the packaging. The result is that Burnt Custard base layers are a genuinely environmentally friendly product that travels less than 150 miles from factory to retailer or consumer.
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