‘Strong Fathers Strong Daughters’ on DVD

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Inspired by the best-selling book by Dr. Meg Meeker, Strong Fathers Strong Daughters is the story of a family on the brink of major changes. While there is a strong Christian aspect to the film, if non-Christians ignore that element, the story is still quite enriching.

Real life couple Bart Johnson and Robyn Lively play Steve and Connie, affluent parents with three daughters. The oldest, Abby (Carrie Alexander), just returned home with her MBA and announced she is getting married to a missionary and moving to Kenya. Her intended is Oz (Brandon Prado), whose parents in the film are also played by a real life couple David Barrera and Maria Canals-Barrera. When Oz and his parents come to meet Abby’s family in Los Angeles, things begin to unravel for them all.

Zoey (Kayla DiVenere) is the middle daughter and a sixteen-year-old nightmare. And Bridget, the youngest, just wants to be loved.

Steve has a successful business with the idea of making Abby a partner. After all, that had always been her dream. But after meeting Oz her dream changed. Now all she wants is to marry Oz and work together as missionaries in Africa. That’s a long way from the affluence she has grown up with and something difficult for Steve to comprehend. Why would she give up on her big dream?

Another big dream Abby has had since childhood was a big white wedding. But Oz feels differently. So another dream goes by the wayside.

Steve finds it very difficult to start cutting the strings and letting go of his daughter. In that way this is similar to the 1991 film Father of the Bride.

Now we have Zoey, the troubled teen who wants to grow up too fast and does not realize the consequences of her actions. With Steve’s intervention, he manages to rescue her from a potentially damaging situation while at the same time humiliating her in front of her peers. But, as he explains, sometimes it is important for a parent to go the extra mile to steer his kids away from harm’s way.

Later in the film Steve understands that while building his successful business and making tons of money to give his family all the best that he can, he has not devoted enough personal time to his youngest daughter. So he begins to rectify that with Bridget. After all, father/daughter alone time is very important.

In the end what it comes down to is a simple lesson in parenting. Parents need to guide their children while at the same time allowing their freedom, as long as it is not leading them into a disastrous situation. Parenting is difficult but loving your children is not. That is the ultimate lesson from the story.

Strong Fathers Strong Daughters is now available on DVD and Digital.

 

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