Episode 213: A Conversation about the film Split UP: The TEEN Years with Christina McGhee and Ellen Bruno
The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast
Kate Anthony
4.4 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
How will your choices about divorce affect your children now and in the future? The creator of the films Split and Split UP: The TEEN Years, Ellen Bruno, says, "The connection between how parents frame the changing family, separation, and divorce profoundly impacts kids." Split UP: The TEEN Years documents the experiences of teenagers with divorce. Christina McGhee and Ellen Bruno join me in this episode to discuss this new film and share their insights and takeaways for parents and children.
Split UP: The TEEN Years is comforting, poignant, and deep. The children in these films are the best teachers. They provide the opportunity to see how families experience divorce and its impact on children.
Featured topics include:
- The impetus for creating the films Split and Split UP: The TEEN Years (6:27)
- How the movie gives parents an unfiltered look into how this experience feels for children (10:58)
- The choices you make in your divorce now impact children for the rest of their lives (11:45)
- The greatest gift we can give our children is to rise up, take the high road, and keep them at the center of the divorce (14:37)
- When the family begins to change, it is important to remind kids that "They are wanted, they are loved, and this is not their fault." (33:34)
Join us for a special Split UP: The TEEN Years screening event on Friday, May 12th! To secure your spot and get all the details, visit http://kateanthony.com/split.
Learn more about Christina McGhee and Ellen Bruno:
Christina McGhee, MSW, is an internationally recognized divorce parenting expert, speaker, and author of the critically acclaimed book PARENTING APART: How separated and divorced parents can raise happy and secure kids and the founder of divorceandchildren.com.
Ellen Bruno is an award-winning documentary filmmaker based in San Francisco. With a background in international relief work, Ellen's films have focused on issues at the forefront of human rights.
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| 0:00.0 | a quick word from our sponsor. Wait, that's me. I know I have a lot of podcast episodes for you |
| 0:05.3 | to get through. And it can be really, really overwhelming to try and figure out where to start |
| 0:11.2 | or to comb through which ones might be appropriate for you, whether you're trying to decide |
| 0:17.7 | whether to stay or go or you're already on the other side of the divorce process. |
| 0:26.0 | Like, how do you know what to listen to? I have solved the problem for you. |
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| 0:39.0 | Answer a few short questions, and I will send you a curated list of podcast episodes to best support you as you navigate these tricky waters. I'll also help you identify where you currently stand on this |
| 0:45.0 | journey and what's ahead with resources to help you move through this process with knowledge |
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| 0:56.9 | short questions, and you will have your curated list of podcast episodes that will support you |
| 1:04.5 | wherever you are in your journey. Welcome to the Divorce Survival Guide podcast, where we have open and honest conversations |
| 1:16.6 | about co-parenting, separation, divorce, and the hardest question of all, should you stay |
| 1:22.6 | or should you go? |
| 1:24.6 | I'm Kate Anthony, your Divorce Surv survival guide, and I'm here to help you navigate |
| 1:29.5 | some of the roughest waters you've ever swum in and answer some of your toughest questions. |
| 1:35.1 | I've been to hell and back, and now it's my mission in life to help you get to the other |
| 1:40.7 | side of this process with your sanity and your heart intact. |
| 1:51.0 | Hey, everyone, welcome back. So today on the podcast I have with me, my dear friend, |
| 1:59.9 | Christina McGee, and award-winning filmmaker Ellen |
| 2:04.1 | Bruno, and we're here to talk about their new film, Split Up the Teen Years. |
| 2:11.1 | Ellen was on the podcast a while back to talk about the first film, Split, in which they followed a group of kids. |
| 2:21.2 | And I think they were eight to 12 years old. I could be wrong. |
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