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What makes a family bond strong and long-lasting?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are talking about five keys to happy families with the beloved Weasley family from the Harry Potter series. They discuss how the Weasleys lead with love, have fun and bond, stand up for each other, and show support and comfort during good and hard times. They praise the production designers and the brilliant actors for portraying the love and care of the Weasleys. Alan wants to snuggle up in a corner of the Burrow, and Jono is trademarking his term Microaffection™.

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Ash D

I have a very Weasly family dynamic we even in adulthood have Sunday dinners and we rotate houses and it’s up to the host what we eat even if they are tired and just want pizza it’s the closeness and the bonding that matters. I am the oldest and have always views my younger siblings as my greatest treasures watching them grow and succeed in life and being involved with my niece and nephews lives is the greatest thing to be apart of! Just wanted to share how important growing up and creating these bonds by doing family dinner, games nights, or even movies nights and the importance of rotating so it doesn’t feel one sided and gets overwhelming OR that everyone feels heard!

Anonymous

There is a little bit interesting about Molly but you have to dig. I should be able to pique your interest with one question, what spell did she cast at Bellatrix? We don’t have much, but we know that her maiden name, Prewitt, has its etymological origins in the welsh words for brave, and the suffix -et meaning small. We also know that Molly had two brothers who were murdered by death eaters in the first wizarding war, but with a catch. It took 5 including a very notable death eater to take them down. The death eater in question is one who was strong enough to go on to single handedly kill remus lupin, who was not only a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, but had a specialty in dueling, and was powerful enough to use wandless magic. So the spell Molly cast? Possibly an invention of one of her brothers, but it’s a shaky theory as creating spells is very much its own skillset.

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Anonymous

It would be cool to see another Harry Potter episode like this about friendships! Lots of moment with the trio show good friendships and there are also great moments with Neville and Luna

Anonymous

I have always loved Molly Weasley. I grew up in a fairly similar social situation to the Weasleys. Large family (6 kids), not very well off financially, but my siblings were always around and there for me. Sadly, my parents were not Molly and Arthur, but I remember connecting with Ron's character so much when reading the books (we even have the same initials, RW). It is lovely to have you react to this family and is making me confront some things I have been repressing, so thank you.

Anonymous

Something I didn’t realize the importance of until I watched this episode is the fact the Molly Weasley doesn’t just make Christmas gifts for Harry, she makes him gifts similar to (or, in some case, the same as) the gifts she makes for her biological children. Even more important is the fact that she began doing so before she even really knew him; sure, she met him at Kings Cross the day he left to Hogwarts for the first time, but she didn’t get to spend any time with him and, by the time Christmas rolled around that year, she only knew as much as Ron thought to put in his letters to home (which, given his emotional range being “the size of a teaspoon,” probably wasn’t a whole lot).

Anonymous

Even with a happy family, Ron grew up with a "I'm not good enough" complex, Ginny grew up feeling unloved and misunderstood. Percy was ashamed of them. Etc. I like that because it shows that even if you have a pretty good home you might still need therapy.

Gryff

Great video! But I have over 700 hours played in Terraria and I love it. Highly suggest trying it, even if you just have your kids bring you stones and build a small house.

Anonymous

I am a huge believer in family dinners, we could have been in a massive fight an hour earlier but we will still end up laughing over something when we sit down for dinner. It freaked me out when I was younger when I found out that not all families do that and it actually makes me really sad. Most of our inside jokes come from family dinners 😂

Anonymous

Thank you for this episode. I love when you do family therapy. As a young mother, I always think of what I am supposed to do to raise decent and happy human beings and I am deeply concerned about how much I'm going to mess them up. I know I'm gonna make mistakes but I'll try to limit the damage as much as possible. I take note of everything you say and I'll try to apply that.

Anonymous

Oh, dear, you really need to work on your gallows humor. My late husband once said if I ever wrote a memoir, I should call it "I'll be out back, redecorating my gallows". Of course, having one's four siblings and both parents all die before your 45th birthday, AND being Irish, does give one an edge.

Anonymous

Julie Waters as Mrs. Weasley is fantastic. Same for Mark Williams as Mr. Weasley. I like that he has a strong moral compass and a nurturing disposition, but never loses his sense of fun. I loved the chapter in the book where Molly is beset by a Boggart. Shows you where her heart is.

Anonymous

I'm definitely remembering "microaffections," it's such a great term! I've always really liked Molly and Arthur were portrayed in the films and, as you said, were always loving even when their kids messed up

Anonymous

My family’s “gallow humor” is - “father killing movies”. My father passed away when I was 17 and for a year or so afterwards I couldn’t watch any movie that had a scene in which the father died because it was too much. I think I was watching a movie called “Inheritance” (that didn’t clue me in, silly me) when I realized that my sister (who was watching with me) was crying as well during the scene that the father dies. I laughed and said something along the lines of “Don’t you just love when he father dies?” It turned into a running gag of “Ooo (like sarcastic excitement or anticipation) Father killing movies!”