Hard work teaches kids more than how to get a job done. It builds character, patience, responsibility, and perseverance. These eight family movies and series show kids that good things often take effort, while reminding them that our worth doesn’t come from what we accomplish, but from who we are in Christ.
8 Movies and Series That Show Kids Why Hard Work Matters
PAW PATROL: FIRE RESCUE
PAW PATROL: FIRE RESCUE, streaming on Paramount+, brings the Paw Patrol team together in a brand new way across five action-packed parts. The city of Adventure Bay features an official fire rescue station that arrives just in time when the community needs…
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THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND
THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND chronicles the true story of William Kamkwamba, a plucky teenage boy, who dramatically changes his African village forever by harnessing wind power to irrigate crops. William’s MacGyver-like ingenuity saves the agrarian culture from starvation during the…
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BLIPPI’S JOB SHOW: Episodes 1.1 to 1.3
BLIPPI’S JOB SHOW on Netflix follows Blippi and his best friend, Meekah, as they learn about different jobs. The program is an installment of the “Blippi-verse,” where Blippi and Meekah explore the world around them. Here, they explore careers hands-on by visiting…
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HOT WHEELS: LET’S RACE Season 3
The first three episodes of Season 3 of HOT WHEELS: LET'S RACE, streaming on Netflix, is an action-packed animated series focusing on the Hot Wheels team as they play fair to beat the antagonist, Cruise, and her dad, Professor Rearview. In Episode…
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DOLPHIN TALE
Based on a true story, DOLPHIN TALE is an emotional movie about 11-year-old Sawyer who rescues a beached dolphin that has been caught in a fisherman’s trap. Sawyer is withdrawn because his father left without explanation, and his best friend and college…
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FACING THE GIANTS
FACING THE GIANTS is an entertaining high school football movie with a strong evangelistic thrust. Coach Grant at Shiloh Christian Academy has reached the low point in his life. The football team keeps losing year after year, his car keeps stalling, his…
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A MILLION MILES AWAY
A MILLION MILES AWAY on Amazon Prime is about the first migrant farmworker ever to go on a space mission for NASA. Starring an outstanding Michael Peña as Jose Hernandez, the movie shows Jose’s hardscrabble childhood as a traveling farmworker, until a…
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SHILOH
In SHILOH, a young boy, Marty, lives with his loving family in rural West Virginia. As Marty goes to town looking for work, an abused beagle, named Shiloh, follows him home. Marty wants to keep the dog, but the dog belongs to…
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