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can't believe how fast it goes
Are your kids leaving for college soon or they're already off? How are you feeling about the transition? Join a live chat with Doug Block and Marjorie Silver as we talk about Doug's newly released film on raising their daughter and her departure for college. Let's talk about ways we all handle this great big change in our lives. The New York Times called the film "remarkable" and we look forward to a great conversation with Doug and Marjorie!
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The Kids Grow Up
Nov 03, 2010 Wednesday, 1:30pm EST - Add as Favorites
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- JennS 14 comments
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Doug- How does your daughter feel about the film?
about 1 year ago
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- Deborah 13 comments
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One of the transitions that we've already begun to anticipate is that our now 10 year old tears up when we talk about his older brother heading off to school in a couple years. Ugh....that just squeezes my heart.
about 1 year ago
Mimi
Jenn, my son keeps asking if he can have his oldest sister's room. Over my dead body!
about 1 year ago
Emily
Oh, my youngest might just pack herself into her older sister's suitcase.
about 1 year ago
Jen
Not having a live in baby sitter will be a huge adjustment too. It's so easy to count on him if I need to run to the store or do an errand. Not that I couldn't bring her with me but that's my me time.
about 1 year ago
ThisFullHouse
Hit the nail right on the head, Deborah - college is a HUGE adjustment for everyone left behind (ugh, horrible play on words...sorry!)
about 1 year ago
Ellen Christian
That must be so hard!
about 1 year ago
Deborah
I know it will be alright. But, my son? He adores his big brother--which is great and wonderful, but it will be a huge adjustment and well....hard.
about 1 year ago
ThisFullHouse
Deborah: My girls share a bedroom and the youngest (daughter #3 is 9) is all, like, who will tuck me into bed at night. Yeah, major heart squeez!
about 1 year ago
Heather Durdil
I know that my 12 year old will be upset when her sister leaves and I think that her excitement over college right now (the older one) makes her sister a bit upset that she "just wants to leave us mom"
about 1 year ago
JennS
Mine adores her brother and worships the ground he walks on but wants his room when he goes and in her words "she can visit him and he can stay in her room when he comes home"
about 1 year ago
Brandie
That has got to make the transition even tougher on all of you. Your poor little guy!
about 1 year ago
Mary Davis
Oh no! I'll be in that boat as well since my youngest is 7 and 9 years younger than his siblings. Hard at that age to understand.
about 1 year ago
Mimi
Oh, that would be so tough! A whole family is effected by the change. The dynamic changes. There's a shift, and in the end, it becomes ok.
about 1 year ago
Jen
My seven year old daughter is the exact opposite. She can't wait for her brother to stop picking on her. I don't think she fully grasps how far away he will be, on the other hand she will get his bedroom.
about 1 year ago
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Mary Davis
I second Emily's sentiments. Amazing experience for you, and thank you for sharing it with the world. Though I have't seen the film, I'm sure it provides an inside look at the process of allowing a child to grow.
about 1 year agoDoug Block
Heather, yes, Lucy was the first to look at a rough assembly of footage and the first to see the rough cut. I gave her the chance to talk through whatever was bothering her and would have cut out anything she really hated. I also, as Marjorie wrote, gave her a chance to opt out completely right before I set out to raise the money. You can't make these kinds of family films without being a father and husband first and filmmaker second.
about 1 year agoEmily
Marjorie, I can only imagine how moving it must have been for you to watch your daughter grow through the entire process, and to trust that you and your family were creating art that would enrich us all. What a wise, brave mom you are!!!
about 1 year agoHeather Durdil
I am glad that she had the power to nix it but she didn't as I look forward to seeing it.
about 1 year agoJennS
That is great to hear, Marjorie. It is a strange yet wonderful transition to see your child become more adult and interact as such as they grow up.
about 1 year agoMarjorie Silver
The other thing I want to share is that as she has become more of an adult, the mutual respect among all of us has grown and grown. And with cheap phone calls, Skype, and all the other ways one can keep in touch, all I really miss is the physical closeness. We have great chats!
about 1 year agoMarjorie Silver
No, not at all, but at the end of the day, she understood that what her father does is make documentaries--personal documentaries, and really good ones. And although she always had the right to nix the whole project, she chose not to. She trusted him to make a good film. And he certainly has not disappointed!
about 1 year agoHeather Durdil
I can't even imagine the stress of leaving home, especially since she was going so far away. Glad to hear that it blew over
about 1 year agoBrandie
Good question Heather!
about 1 year agoDoug Block
Heather, Lucy was mostly fine about the filming up until the last week before she left. Then the stress got to her and she took it out on me filming her. It's all in the film, actually. If it wasn't about the filming we would probably have fought about something else. Anyway, it did blow over. But that last week was stressful for all of us. Except maybe Marjorie, who was the picture of calm and an oasis of sanity.
about 1 year agoMary Davis
Wow, I bet that would be something.
about 1 year agoHeather Durdil
Did you give her a chance to look over the final film before it was really final?
about 1 year agoDoug Block
It's complicated. She thinks it's a very good film and she's been a great sport about it. But it's hard having your life up there on screen for the public to see, even if they unanimously think she's amazing. And there's one scene that still embarrasses her.
about 1 year agoHeather Durdil
I was just reading about the film on their website and I was wondering myself. She says she is okay with it now, was she always okay with the filming?
about 1 year ago