Film · Prime Video · 2019

An Arthur Thanksgiving

A small holiday special with a real table. Fine for children.

Arthur's neighborhood has always been better at ordinary friction than at myths. Thanksgiving here is cooking, guests, a snag, and a meal that still happens. That is more useful than a pageant. Gratitude that has not met a late aunt and a crowded kitchen is only a slogan.

It will not change a life. It may remind a room that the feast is the people who came, including the difficult ones. Put it on while you peel the potatoes.

The eight

Industry
6/10
The meal is work.
Household
8/10
The family is the story.
Piety
5/10
Thanks is the subject, lightly.
Courage
4/10
Little danger. Some social nerve.
Republic
5/10
A neighborhood feast.
Temperance
7/10
Appetite is for the meal, not a spree.
Truth
6/10
Honest about relatives.
Stewardship
7/10
It hands on a table, which is the right heirloom.

Live historicallyGive a child one job for the real meal.

Film · Prime Video · 2006

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

Sisters who refuse a sour rule. Light, and on the side of the children.

The governess wants silence, measurements, and a house with no music. The sisters want each other. The film is not subtle and it does not need to be. A tyrant of the nursery is still a tyrant. Their father is distracted and then he looks, which is the adult's job.

There is a magic garden and a dance floor. There is also a plain defense of brothers and sisters sticking together when an outsider tries to divide them from a parent. Watch it, then don't hire the governess.

The eight

Industry
5/10
The girls have chores and a secret. The labor is light.
Household
8/10
A widowed father, a pack of sisters, a house worth repairing.
Piety
3/10
Wonder, not worship.
Courage
6/10
They defy a cruel adult. They do not defy the father once he sees.
Republic
5/10
A household government, badly staffed, then corrected.
Temperance
7/10
Joy is not the same as appetite. The governess confuses them.
Truth
7/10
She is lying. They find the proof.
Stewardship
7/10
The house is for the children who will live in it.

Live historicallyDance once in the kitchen with the children you actually have.