When the Most Heartwarming Film Hides a Tragic Truth

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• KI

  @KittySprinkles · 3 months ago

  As a parent and halfway through my life, 19 years old is still a child to me.  A child raising children alone before she had established herself as an adult, learning to be a parent.  She was a fantastic, resilient woman given her situtation.  "She was rewarded with separation."  That's not punishment, it's part of the journey.  That's LIFE.  All children, if lucky, will grow into adults and leave their natal homes.  Hopefully, not burdened with generational trauma, but seekking their own purpose on life's journey. Her children are grown, now she can find who SHE is as a person.  She will never stop being a mom, but can learn to accept her children's decisions and support from afar.  That movie hit differently before I had children and much harder after parenthood.  Totally recommended watch!  Thanks for the video!

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• SI

  @SilverSeren · 3 months ago

  One thing that struck me since the first time I watched Wolf Children:  where’s Hana’s family of origin?  Her parents/family/friends?  Her support system was nearly non existent.

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• PA

  @Pandanas666 · 3 months ago

  I come from an abusive household, so watching this moving was like seeing what I could have had. If I have a kid one day, I hope I can do a job as good as Hana did.

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• NU

  @nuclairerxn · 3 months ago

  When I watched Wolf Children, I felt Ame going off on his own was pretty heartless and cruel towards his mother, despite her pleas to stay. But now, thinking about it some more, I can relate to him. My own parents placed a lot of expectations and resources into me, hoping I would pursue the profession they wanted. It took many years for me to learn how to say no to them and tell them I couldn't live up to their expectations. I know they meant well and just wanted me to have a great future. I'm sure I disappointed them and broke their hearts, but I think—I hope—they will come around.

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• TH

  @TheMightyPika · 3 months ago

  Films like Wolf Children show us what parents are SUPPOSED to be, how they&apos;re supposed to feel. <br>My parents were like the ones in Vivarium, seeing me as a burden they&apos;re socially obligated to keep alive, both doing whatever they can to separate from me and each other.

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• OR

  @OrientedaroaceRaiden · 3 months ago

  AHHHHH Why is Wolf Children growing back in popularity? I can&apos;t handle this movie; I&apos;ll start crying and cause a flood!!!

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• SA

  @Sarika38 · 3 months ago

  I have one adult daughter. It was extremely difficult for me to let her go. I’m so proud of her though,she’s excelled in everything she’s done.

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• PA

  @paigelego4027 · 3 months ago

  Me, a fool “Yeah I can watch an analysis video of a movie that I can’t even read the summary of without bawling”

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• FA

  @FadedforFreedom · 3 months ago

  i cant go tell them. my parents and all the adults in my life are gone already. ive been grieving, in the span of 3 n a half years all the people who raised me died. i cant go back and thank them, or apologize, nothing. i feel the grief of Hosoda with my own life, and can only hope the same, that they wanted me to live well. Their sacrifices weigh on me, the world they grew up in and got out of to raise me and my siblings, I wish I could have lightened their load even just a little bit. even just hugged them a little longer.

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• OC

  @ocarinagirlandthestories648 · 3 months ago

  Both me and my brother are autistic and have ADHD and this film sort of felt like it resonated with my childhood that way. A brother and sister growing up with this difference about them, how it affects them differently and how the parent sort of needed to figure things out a long the way because of it<br><br>The part when Yuki decides to she is not going to act like herself anymore and be more like the other girls, hurts every time I watch it. When I was in middle school, I didn’t fit in. My teacher suggested to my parents that I should stop wearing pink, and that would make me fit in more. My parents didn’t though, they knew it was BS. <br><br>I also wish that my brother could find a sensei like Ame did. He wants to go to school but no school in the area will take him, even those with programs specially for neurodivergent people, because they still need you to be able to take turns while talking, which my brother isn’t very great at. He could learn, but he won’t do that if he just sits at home all day.

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• XZ

  @XZylinder · 3 months ago (edited)

  I argued with my parents 2 weeks ago. So heavily that we haven&apos;t talked since this happened.<br>Before I finished watching this video I was 100 % percent sure that I will not talk to them if they dont apologize to me.<br><br>At the end of this video I realised, how much I actually love my parents and how many things they had done for me that I didn&apos;t appreciate.<br><br>I will meet my parents tomorrow and talk to them. And apologize.<br><br>Thank you.<br><br>EDIT: <br>I would have never thought that my comment would lead to this huge discussion arguing if my parents would deserve that or not.<br><br>Thats why I want to clarify smth:<br>My parents deserve this apology.<br><br>I went angry for a unreasonable reason and argued with them over a topic I will not talk about but it was for sure unecessary.<br><br>Not talking to them for 2 weeks was also mainly my fault since I cut every possible communication. <br>I tend to overreact and this kind of pattern also happened in the past.<br>I tend to overly react to things that happen to me.<br>Im not fulfilling the whole criteria but my behaviour is similar to a person with BPD.<br><br>Some things happened in my past from people that were NOT my parents. My parents were not the abuser.<br><br>I still love my parents and Ive actually met them on the next day as told. And it went good. We talked about it. I apologized and they apologized.<br>Im glad that I watched this video and it helped me reflecting my own actions in a different view.<br><br>Thank you.

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• AL

  @alyssafernando2074 · 3 months ago

  I was a kid when I watched Wolf Children when it released in theatres. I didn&apos;t know what it was but I thought it looked interesting on the poster. I ended up loving it so much that I got a copy of it to watch at home. I also liked that despite their childhoods, Yuki and Ame grew up to be so different than what you&apos;d expect. Yuki was almost always in her wolf form as a kid: she was wild, adventurous, and always trying to play in nature. Ame was always hiding behind his mother as a human: shy, introverted, and only watching his sister as she did something crazy. The fact that they both grew up to accept the opposite form (Yuki staying human, Ame staying wolf) just says so much about their actual personalities than what was shown when they were kids.<br><br>Now that I&apos;m older, I definitely see more of Hana&apos;s sacrifice and the work she put in to being the best mom to non-human children. I plan to become a mother someday and I hope to do even half as great a job as Hana did at being a mom.<br><br>I also like that this film is not a PSA to have kids. It&apos;s very honest in the difficulty of raising children, especially as a single parent with limited funds and no support in the beginning. It broke my heart when Hana had to force herself to stop crying for her dead husband because she knew she had a job to do as a mother. Truly superwoman behavior but still painful.<br><br>Very good film. Very bittersweet. Definitely worth a watch.

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