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Parenting done properly is a heroic act.

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright share some of the parenting lessons we can learn from Mr. and Mrs. Incredible. They talk about how parenting takes sacrifice, healthy boundaries, and a lot of endurance. Bob and Helen Parr show us how being present, showing love, and taking accountability are crucial components of parenting even when your kids are super! And Alan and Jonathan can attest that even if your kids are just normal, this is still true. They talk about the amazing physical comedy, how relatable so many of the parenting scenes are, how this might be the best superhero movie ever.

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Allegra Fortin

So all dads do the Dad Cat Nap (TM)?

Kristin Fitch

Cinderella here, late to the ball, and about to watch the directors cut (binged on YouTube, now to binge in Patreon…) but expecting this to be hard again: my son has a serious learning disability and is autistic. For the first 18 months of his life our running joke was ‘your child will probably — nope’) because he hit almost none of his developmental markers. At nearly 13 there are still really elemental markers that he has not hit. He does learn and grow, but there’s Jack-Jack stuff that we’ve not experienced. Do you know of any films besides Forest Gump where one of the key characters has a substantial learning disability? We’re seeing more neurodiversity, so I may have missed what’s out there.

Wendy Darling

Just watched this one last week…going to spoil meself and watch the directors cut.

Anonymous

Thank you for some excellent parenting information here.

just me

Jon, when you talk about kids acting like angels around others but flipping a switch when they're home, I have something for you. Our kids face the world every day and learn what masks they are expected to wear (good reader, quiet and attentive, cheerful helper, engaging student, athlete who pushes herself, what have you). When they come home, if we as parents have built a safe place for them, then they can take off that mask and act out BECAUSE they know they can do it safely. It is, in its own twisted way, an incredible compliment on our parenting skills that we have made a haven in which they feel safe enough to release those masks.

Anonymous

I’ve probably watched this episode 6 times already. I feel so validated and understood. I watch whenever I need reassurance that I’m doing just fine raising my three tiny humans