Modern Family

"How did it hit you when you found out you were going to get sole custody?"

Elton Colbert talks to his father about being a single parent.

Joy Luck Club - Best Quality

This is a scene from the movie "The Joy Luck Club". This movie is a wonderful look at intercultural relationships in the same family. The mothers were born in China and the daughters were born in America. They have different cultures, but don't realize it. In this clip June and her mother reach an understanding.

Story Corps - Tough Mom

Theresa Nguyen (L) talks to her daughter, Stephanie (R), about balancing their Vietnamese heritage with raising a family in the United States.

Cat Stevens

Cat Stevens was a very popular singer-songwriter in the 1970's. When his career was at its peak, he stopped performing and converted to Islam. He changed his name to Yusuf Islam.

Here is one of my favorite songs from the 1970's. It is called Father and Son. It is about the difference between what parents and children want.



Here are the words to the song:



Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.

I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.

Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.

Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
(Son-- Away Away Away, I know I have to
Make this decision alone - no)

Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them They know not me.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
(Father-- Stay Stay Stay, Why must you go and
make this decision alone?)