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Story

After building a school for impoverished children in Nepal, Annie (Georgia Flood) returns home to New Hampshire for the holidays. This is Annie’s first trip back in 3 years, because she has found it difficult to see her family ever since her mother died.

Annie looks for a project to distract herself from her grief and do something helpful. She finds herself fostering 3 dogs for the holidays and helping Dylan (Ezekiel Simat), the local vet and her old high school debating rival, find homes for the rest of the animals he takes in when a shelter is forced to shut down.

As Christmas draws near, Annie and Dylan find themselves planning a last-minute gala to save the animals. When a freak storm threatens to derail their efforts, the whole town pulls together. Annie learns that, although she misses her mother, she isn’t alone and she might just find love where she least expects it.

Themes

Coming to terms with the loss of a loved one; the challenges of abandoned animals; discovering what is really important in life

Violence

There’s no violence in Sit. Stay. Love.

Sexual references

Sit. Stay. Love. has some sexual references. For example, Annie’s aunt notes that Dylan is cute and single.

Alcohol, drugs and other substances

There’s no use of substances in Sit. Stay. Love.

Nudity and sexual activity

Sit. Stay. Love. has some nudity and sexual activity. For example, Dylan kisses Annie on the cheek and later they share a passionate embrace.

Product placement

There’s no product placement in Sit. Stay. Love.

Coarse language

There’s no coarse language in Sit. Stay. Love.

Ideas to discuss with your children

Sit. Stay. Love. is a sentimental Christmas romance about the importance of home and family. Suitable for most audiences it’s likely to be enjoyed most by dog lovers and younger viewers, who’ll look past the simple plot and occasionally cringeworthy dialogue to the heart-warming holiday story.

The main messages from Sit. Stay. Love. are that everyone deserves a home and that sometimes you need an adventure to find where you truly belong.

Values in Sit. Stay. Love. that you could reinforce with your children include helpfulness, compassion, community service, family and tradition.

Sit. Stay. Love. could also give you the chance to talk with your children about the real-life consequences of things like:

  • shutting out the people you love to ease your own pain
  • staying away from home so that you’re not reminded of what you’ve lost
  • failing to look after an animal properly
  • getting so caught up in a possible future that you fail to see what’s right in front of you.

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  • Department of Social Services

Raising Children Network is supported by the Australian Government. Member organisations are the Parenting Research Centre and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute with The Royal Children’s Hospital Centre for Community Child Health.

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  • The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
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