When It's Important to Tell

Three video vignettes illustrate the importance of "telling" in certain situations. In one scenario, a girl finally decides to reveal her knowledge that a classmate is going to be drubbed into the dirt after school; in another, a boy has second thoughts after he and his friend make fun of a kid dressed up in a traditional Kwaanza outfit; and, finally, an older girl debates whether to inform a younger boy's parents that he's "friends" with a man who gives him rides. As a youth guidance video, the skits are effective, the advice is good, and the messages are clearly presented. However, the price is a bit stiff, especially for basic lessons in common sense that are pummeled into kids brains' in a million different well-meaning TV shows. An optional purchase for flush middle school budgets. Aud: I, J. (R. Pitman)