Finding parenting lessons in ‘Where the Wild Things Are’
Are there parenting lessons to learn from Spike Jonze’s new movie, “Where the Wild Things Are?” New York Times blogger Lisa Belkin says Jonze’s film, and the classic children’s book that inspired it, could serve as guides for the parents of so-called wild boys. She joins Anthony Rao, child psychologist and author of “The Way of Boys: Raising Healthy Boys in a Challenging and Complex World,” along with his co-author Michelle Seaton, to find the parenting lessons in Sendak’s tale and Jonze’s movie.
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