Helping us feel as if were not alone in the world and that were not the only ones dealing with problems. Guiding us through relationships, how to ask someone out and how to deal with regection. Helping us deal with the pressures from parents and other adults. Even helping us figure out what we are going to do with our lives. Helping us figure out who we are inside and what we want to be.
Films seem to have that miraculous power to help people deal with their lives.
The genre of coming of age films have also stepped onto the boundaries of the Family Lives of Americans. These films have also spoken the unspoken truths of Americana.