Series · Prime Video · 1996
Arthur
Ordinary school days, ordinary fault, a family that is still there at supper. A good long habit.
Arthur is not exciting, which is why a child can grow on it. The conflicts are the size of a classroom. D.W. is selfish and four, and the family does not organize itself around her tantrum. Binky, Francine, and the Brain are particular. The best episodes end with a person changed a little, not crowned.
Put it on for the grade-school years. Sit for one and ask what Arthur had to admit. That question is the whole curriculum.
The eight
Industry
5/10
A father who runs a catering business, a mother who works. Homework is real.
Household
8/10
Parents with authority, a grandmother, a sister. Arguments end with someone still in the house.
Piety
4/10
No worship. Conscience is a teacher, a parent, or a friend who is done with you.
Courage
6/10
The brave act is usually an apology or a try at a thing you are bad at.
Republic
8/10
Elwood is a town: a library, a school, a shop, a teacher with a name.
Temperance
7/10
The portion is a problem a child can finish before dinner.
Truth
7/10
Someone was wrong. The episode is not over until that is said.
Stewardship
7/10
Manners, reading, and how to lose a friend and get her back.
Live historicallyAt supper, let each child say one thing they got wrong today. Include yourself.