According to staff reports on this Monday morning there are two new multigenerational pieces of entertainment that have passed the collective Monday morning water cooler test.
On the motion picture front You Again got very good reviews from our staff. The film is carried by veteran actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Sigourney Weaver. The cast involves..Read the rest…

“There aren’t enough television shows about real families.”
We agree, but we also acknowledge that shows about “real” anything can be really boring. Reality shows are edited and the participants are manipulated by directors, editors and yes, even writers. But we wondered just how many multigenerational families are portrayed realistically or otherwise on television. Here is..Read the rest…

This is a wonderful website that chronicles the paths of three generations of Egyptian women. Their video interviews, family histories and intimate commentary on just how the role of woman has changed in contemporary Egypt are widely different yet similar and educational. But the conversation has much wider implications than simply the nation of Egypt.
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Two fathers want to get their kids (one boy, one girl) together but they fear the kids will catch on to their plan and do the opposite. So the fathers, who are also neighbors, plan a feud as a bit of reverse psychology to get the kids together. After all, if the dads don’t like..Read the rest…

I was asking some friends (with kids) about multigenerational entertainment. One of them made a compelling case for Toy Story 3 as a multi-layered multigenerational film. I was transcribing into my trusty notebook as fast as I could. Here is approximately what he said:
First of all the storyline is about the lead human character growing..Read the rest…

There are several television shows that qualify as multigenerational but unfortunately most of them are sitcoms with canned laugh tracks. Packed to the Rafters is an Australian television show that actually deals with the issues of the full nest.
Dave and Julie Rafter are looking forward to their 25th anniversary and finally an empty nest. But..Read the rest…