Big Kids is a bildungsroman of sorts; the story of a troubled teenage boy navigating the transformative years of high school, redefining his friends, interests, and life path.
Virgil Thomson's Pulitzer Prize-winning score puts impressionistic shimmers and dancing twists on rural themes; whenever the boy navigates the bayou in his pirogue, the evocative melodies merge seductively with Flaherty's infatuated imagery.
A domestic tale about how a boy navigates the complications of his own life through his friendship with another boy who is also an outsider, this is a touching and positive story that also shows being different is fine too.
It seems that what comes next will be the footage we were shown last year, of the boy navigating walkways and platforms with the help of Trico, the two working together to progress.
But the novelty of the setting and the familiarity of the premise — an adolescent boy navigating a bumpy stretch on the road from boyhood to maturity — combine to give "Morris From America" buoyancy and heart.
Forced to join a mentorship program, two irresponsible men must help a pair of impressionable boys navigate the troubled waters of youth.
Questions on If I Were You tend to come from teenage boys navigating relationships and sex for the first time.
He's the author of a survivalist children's book, "Survivor Max," about an 11-year-old boy trying to navigate a zombie apocalypse.
While it can be difficult for children who do not feel they fit neatly into the "girl" or "boy" box to navigate this segregated world, elementary-age children do also experience a certain amount of flexibility around gendered expectations and are often allowed to engage in "cross-gender" behavior or activities.
In baseball, my boys have to navigate everything themselves.
