All Rileyed Up

Responsibility these days sometimes feels more like an anomaly. I mean, we do live in a country that is so lawsuit happy there’s an organization dedicated to stopping frivolous lawsuits, like The Pantswearer. There’s always some other person, organization, or deity to blame for one’s lot in life. Certainly not oneself. Like most parents, teaching my children responsibility is something I want to do, and a great website to contribute to this goal is The Responsibility Project by Liberty Mutual, which I learned about from Mom Central.

The Responsibility Project is a resource website created by Liberty Mutual to help parents talk to their children about personal responsibility. The short films come with discussion questions and there are also links to other great sites, like Kids Health.

These short films are actually good. Not like sitting around laughing at something ridiculous like “cheese in the face” on YouTube, but actual films that take me to another place, even if for only ten minutes. For example, New Boy is a compelling eleven minute film, based on a Roddy Doyle story.

Father’s Day and Mandy & Lester are also worth viewing. Really, all of them are pretty good, so you won’t have much trouble finding something good to watch.

You may or may not want to read the comments. If anything, the comments serve to remind me that there are MANY ways to interpret a film.

The site also runs a blog with links to interesting articles. For instance, a small town recently allowed their teachers to carry concealed weapons to school. I’ll give you one guess as to which state this small town might be in (Hint: Don’t Mess With ____ ).

All in all, interesting site with thought-provoking articles and cool films. Enjoy! Spread the word on taking responsibility (except in the case of flatulence, when it is perfectly acceptable to point the blame elsewhere).