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Fair Play

Follows three families on their journey to better balance their home life style. They are fighting problems that affect millions of couples and families across the country and even the globe.

Director

Jennifer Siebel Newsom

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Genre

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N/A

Production

Hello Sunshine,The Representation Project

Awards

1 win

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https://www.fairplaylife.com/documentary

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What makes a good,
healthy organization? - Fair Play

What makes a good, healthy organization?

What it means
is that I work for families - Fair Play

What it means is that I work for families

Ladies and gentlemen,
the first fucking thing - Fair Play

Ladies and gentlemen, the first fucking thing

Now, we're really going through - Fair Play

Now, we're really going through

And so I thought,
what if I decide - Fair Play

And so I thought, what if I decide

Now, early on
in my mediation practice, - Fair Play

Now, early on in my mediation practice,

The second
son would start to speak - Fair Play

The second son would start to speak

So a lot of passive
aggressive communication - Fair Play

So a lot of passive aggressive communication

I sat down with a very
high-powered woman who said - Fair Play

I sat down with a very high-powered woman who said

And then 20 minutes
later, she says, - Fair Play

And then 20 minutes later, she says,

Whether it's passive aggressive
feedback or me saying to Seth, - Fair Play

Whether it's passive aggressive feedback or me saying t...

You left
the car keys in the car again." - Fair Play

You left the car keys in the car again."

Because people who don't
get sugar when they're a kid, - Fair Play

Because people who don't get sugar when they're a ...

But when I realized
that I could say to myself - Fair Play

But when I realized that I could say to myself

That practice of communicating - Fair Play

That practice of communicating

We started with just this
idea of what would it look like - Fair Play

We started with just this idea of what would it look like

Peeling the curtain back,
I really had no idea. - Fair Play

Peeling the curtain back, I really had no idea.

Like, the amount
of thinking and plotting - Fair Play

Like, the amount of thinking and plotting

And I kind of said to myself,
you know, probably have to - Fair Play

And I kind of said to myself, you know, probably have to

As long as you
have them from 11 to 3, - Fair Play

As long as you have them from 11 to 3,

We check in about what's
important with the family, - Fair Play

We check in about what's important with the family,

And just kind
of resetting and downloading, - Fair Play

And just kind of resetting and downloading,

Really motivated
to make our - Fair Play

Really motivated to make our

I may be, like, the task
master and it's, like... - Fair Play

I may be, like, the task master and it's, like...

[Eve] What's been really
important to me in my research - Fair Play

[Eve] What's been really important to me in my research

I'd say I spend
half my time on basic - Fair Play

I'd say I spend half my time on basic

"The Way We Never Were." - Fair Play

"The Way We Never Were."

"Burnout, burnout, burnout."
"Why We Can't Sleep." - Fair Play

"Burnout, burnout, burnout." "Why We Can'...

The aspect
of being liberated - Fair Play

The aspect of being liberated

Well, with a household
of two guys, - Fair Play

Well, with a household of two guys,

Like, we can all-- we
can divvy up the house chores - Fair Play

Like, we can all-- we can divvy up the house chores

It just comes down to
talking about the things. - Fair Play

It just comes down to talking about the things.

What we try
to do is try to work - Fair Play

What we try to do is try to work

The commitment
to having the conversation - Fair Play

The commitment to having the conversation

Just take all those assumptions
and set them at the door - Fair Play

Just take all those assumptions and set them at the door

Our relationship started
out in a very interesting way - Fair Play

Our relationship started out in a very interesting way

And because of that,
I think we had to have - Fair Play

And because of that, I think we had to have

So beginning
the adoption process, - Fair Play

So beginning the adoption process,

We had talked about everything
from division of labor - Fair Play

We had talked about everything from division of labor

In those first few days - Fair Play

In those first few days

Ultimately,
you are becoming a better - Fair Play

Ultimately, you are becoming a better

I am not
a licensed therapist, - Fair Play

I am not a licensed therapist,

What you're doing
is you're giving people tools. - Fair Play

What you're doing is you're giving people tools.

-You too, Eve.
-So picture a time - Fair Play

-You too, Eve. -So picture a time

Yeah, I can tell you,
it always happens at night - Fair Play

Yeah, I can tell you, it always happens at night

It's the first
free window without kids - Fair Play

It's the first free window without kids

So it definitely always
happens at the same time. - Fair Play

So it definitely always happens at the same time.

Hey, Niall. My-- my assumption,
please correct me - Fair Play

Hey, Niall. My-- my assumption, please correct me

I was thankful that
Niall was willing to speak - Fair Play

I was thankful that Niall was willing to speak

And-- and maybe
the biggest problem - Fair Play

And-- and maybe the biggest problem

I mean, I-- I do get home
from work and I am sometimes - Fair Play

I mean, I-- I do get home from work and I am sometimes

You know,
that can be, I think, - Fair Play

You know, that can be, I think,

Not a ton,
other than, you know, - Fair Play

Not a ton, other than, you know,

Because what is that?"
I was dumbfounded. - Fair Play

Because what is that?" I was dumbfounded.

He shut down and then
added insult to injury. - Fair Play

He shut down and then added insult to injury.

Right, so completely
sort of dismissed-- - Fair Play

Right, so completely sort of dismissed--

I understand
you put in 10 hours - Fair Play

I understand you put in 10 hours

And Emily may desire
connection and support, - Fair Play

And Emily may desire connection and support,

Yeah. Do I think
she probably holds back - Fair Play

Yeah. Do I think she probably holds back

Well, has there ever been
periods where you've had - Fair Play

Well, has there ever been periods where you've had

No. I don't know
if I've conditioned him to-- - Fair Play

No. I don't know if I've conditioned him to--

"Oh, this isn't
going to go well." - Fair Play

"Oh, this isn't going to go well."

Sometimes Seth
and I in our check-in, - Fair Play

Sometimes Seth and I in our check-in,

Like, "Go--
go trim your nose hairs." - Fair Play

Like, "Go-- go trim your nose hairs."

I think the really,
really common way - Fair Play

I think the really, really common way

To try to convince
my wife that whatever - Fair Play

To try to convince my wife that whatever

Or "Why are you making
such a big deal out of this?" - Fair Play

Or "Why are you making such a big deal out of this?&quo...

They experience
a human being deciding for them - Fair Play

They experience a human being deciding for them

The accumulation of those
when the pile gets big enough, - Fair Play

The accumulation of those when the pile gets big enough,

Yeah, I mean, I will-- I have
found myself saying at times, - Fair Play

Yeah, I mean, I will-- I have found myself saying at times,

You don't have to make
such a big--" So I do get that. - Fair Play

You don't have to make such a big--" So I do get t...

-Yeah.
-What my goal might be, - Fair Play

-Yeah. -What my goal might be,

Maybe so that it doesn't get - Fair Play

Maybe so that it doesn't get

[relaxing piano music] - Fair Play

[relaxing piano music]

[whimsical music] - Fair Play

[whimsical music]

[buzzer] - Fair Play

-That is incorrect.
-[buzzer] - Fair Play

-That is incorrect. -[buzzer]

Men aren't bad or evil
or just self-interested. - Fair Play

Men aren't bad or evil or just self-interested.

They feel themselves
legitimately constrained - Fair Play

They feel themselves legitimately constrained

On that sign out
there it says, "Parents." - Fair Play

On that sign out there it says, "Parents."

[Andrew] Constrained
by their social obligations - Fair Play

[Andrew] Constrained by their social obligations

And constrained
by women's ideal - Fair Play

And constrained by women's ideal

Many of us
are operating, you know, - Fair Play

Many of us are operating, you know,

Men grow up feeling,
"I've got to prove myself, - Fair Play

Men grow up feeling, "I've got to prove myself,

Don't go to
psychologist as much as women. - Fair Play

Don't go to psychologist as much as women.

Men are scared to say,
"Yeah, I need help. - Fair Play

Men are scared to say, "Yeah, I need help.

I need physical help.
I need emotional help." - Fair Play

I need physical help. I need emotional help."

We have a few special
years with our children - Fair Play

We have a few special years with our children

The expectation for fathers
is that you're the person - Fair Play

The expectation for fathers is that you're the person

I liked helping
the school today - Fair Play

I liked helping the school today

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Follows three families on their journey to better balance their home life style. They are fighting problems that affect millions of couples and families across the country and even the globe.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Writer: Eve Rodsky, Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Production: Hello Sunshine,The Representation Project

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 08 Jul 2022

Awards: 1 win

Homepage: https://www.fairplaylife.com/documentary