Film · Documentary

When Should Grown-Ups Stop Fights? (1955)

Vassar College's Department of Child Study produced this training film for nursery school staff, one of a series on "Preschool Incidents." Unstaged playground scenes of two to five-year-olds in conflict are shown, then repeated for further analysis and discussion. We learn how to "size-up situations," differentiating between "playful attacks" the kids can adequately handle themselves and truly aggressive behavior (as when "a child has gone on a rampage") that requires immediate adult intervention.

Director

Lawrence Joseph Stone, Mary Fisher Langmuir, Eveline Omwake

Country

United States

Language

English

Release date

January 1, 1955