I am looking for a movie where the children are not harmed from the divorce of their parents.?

Question

I am having to do a debate on Does divorce harm children? I am looking for movie clips to show during the presentation, I have several clips where the divorce has screwed up the children but none where it does not harm them. HELP

Thanks for all the comments, but to let you all know, I MUST give both sides of the debate. The side of the 'no it does not harm them', is just that it does not cause long term damage if the dynamics of the divorce are good. Just some more info for you.

Answer 1

Well, don't use fake Hollywood scripts to try to make your argument. They obviously have no foundation in reality. Get some facts, instead.

Answer 2

A debate on THAT? Why not debate this: Does holding a red hot branding iron to one's rear end leave a mark? Or this : Does divorce cause as much harm as waiting a few more years before ya marry and have children? Hmmm, I gotta think if your arguing the positives through Hollywood movie references, your not gonna win.

Answer 3

*Rant on*

Yeah, Mrs. Doubtfire, because no kid would be screwed up knowing their father had to dress as a middle-aged English woman because their mother refused him visitation rights that meant anything. I'll bet none of those kids would have ended up in therapy in real life. So people don't tend to make movies about happy endings for children of divorce (Want to see a real downer? watch "The Ice Harvest" - *THAT'S* what happens to kids of divorce).

Unfortunately, divorces are messy things. It can't be kept separate from the children, no matter how much the parents want to pretend they're insulating them. Divorce is *usually* about selfish (I'm not talking about divorce to escape abusive relationships, physical sexual or mental).

I sent birthday invitations out to my daughter's entire class. The Thursday before the event, I ran into the father of one of the boys who hadn't RSVP'd. I asked him if the boy was coming to the party and the dad had NO idea he had been invited. The mother had picked up the invitation and never bothered to tell the father about it (the party was on "Dad's weekend"). So who got punished? The little boy. He was one of only 2 kids who didn't come to this wonderful pool party/luau. All because mom didn't want to communicate with dad for some reason - maybe because she didn't want her son having a good time on a weekend that wasn't hers? I don't know, but it sickens me.

*Rant off*

Oh, adding - "Stepmom" - Yeah, one mom dies and everything's ok. Er, no. If you want a movie with a realistic depiction of children coming out unharmed from a divorce, I think you might have to check the "fantasy" section. I think divorce by nature harms children, and while we're willing to suspend disbelief and believe Superman can fly and the Transporter can kick the asses of 31 bad guys at one time, we just won't see kids going through a traditional divorce coming out in "good shape."

Answer 4

The Parent Trap

Answer 5

Save the Last Dance, she wasn't screwed up from the divorce.

Mary Poppins.

Answer 6

What about "Stepmom" it deals with the parents divorce and one parent dying, and the new stepmom. Great movie. Susan Surandon, Julia Roberts. Just a thought.

Answer 7

Well try Mrs. Doubtfire it turned out good in the end not sure if this is what you are looking for

Answer 8

What about the end of Mrs. Doubtfire? It all works out for them in the end.

Answer 9

Step Mom is a good one, it shows that it is hard on the kids, but that they overcome and everything is good.