Remarkable actor Jakob Salvati is only 11 – and he was only 8 when he played the title role in the film Little Boy released today – but he already gets a core truth about bullying: "Usually the person bullying is someone who is hurting on the inside and hiding it," he wrote me via his publicist. Experts in juvenile justice get this too. At last summer's national bullying prevention … [Read more...] about Wise words on bullying from 11-year-old star of ‘Little Boy’
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Spoiler alert: Kid loves teaching Twitter to Dad
I never do movie reviews. But Chef is totally on-topic for NetFamilyNews, and not because some families have foodies in them. It's because there's a scene that illustrates better than anything I've seen on film how sweetly and respectfully social media can be folded into parenting. Sure, as in this scene, it can be a little bumpy and awkward at times (like parenting, like being a kid), but when … [Read more...] about Spoiler alert: Kid loves teaching Twitter to Dad
Facebook the movie
I wonder if Facebook folk are a little nervous. TV writer Aaron Sorkin has set up his Facebook profile, introducing himself this way: “I've just agreed to write a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin about how Facebook was invented. I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I've started this page," says writer Aaron Sorkin on his Facebook page. … [Read more...] about Facebook the movie