All My Children ~ An Educator's View...

Forgiveness helps Love along

2009-01-15T14:46:00.001-08:00

Frankie agrees to deal with Randi's past (hooker) because he loves her.
Erica agrees to invite Reece and apologize for past judgement. Relief for Bianca.
Other fronts are stewing - Crystal ordered to stay away from her daughter.
Josh comes back to see his sister, Kendall, and vows revenge.
Aiden keeps trying to help Annie.

Following the Feelings

2009-01-14T19:38:00.001-08:00

Randi's past catches up with her. Frankie's cohorts at the hospital see her on the internet. Frankie can't take it - Randi leaves, too hurt to stay.

Tad blocks Crystal form seeing Kate because she is seeing David - he serves her with a restraining order. Crystal lets her grief put her into David's arms.

Aiden swallows his gried and signs the divorce papers from Greenlee. Silent emotions all around.

Building Trust

2009-01-13T15:41:00.001-08:00

Once trust is diminished - it's very hard, if not impossible to rebuild. Bianca sets Reece up to disprove her intimacy with Zach - Reece doesn't know how to dismiss this false accusation in the face of friendship with Zach, and maintaining her love for Bianca.

Tad, now home, confronts Crystal about her connection to Diabolical David. She reaches for honesty in her words to describe her actions. Tad knows what he knows - he also lost Dixie to David.

Colby reaches to find how she can help JR and his crinking - how to build trust in him.

The enigma we all need to build emotional buddies.

Setting Traps

2009-01-12T10:10:00.001-08:00

Several players questioning their emotional bonds and setting traps to see if their doubts are founded.
Bianca continues to doubt Reece, and keeps finding Zach and she in each others arms.
Greenlee and Ryan are veterans at this - knowing how destructive judgement are without confronting the players honestly. They tell Bianca to back off.
JR judges that David and Crystal a having an affair while Tad is away - Now Tad is back andhas his own questions.
Trust is always had to win - and precious to keep.

Closeness rather than sex

2009-01-08T21:17:00.001-08:00

Today we see our couples reaching for closeness - honesty raather than sex. The sex isn't casual, just not needed when emotionally the pair needs to be honored and respected as a person, not just a sexual being. Ryan and Greenlee look at their wedding plans - Bianca and Reece really consider their bond - Taylor and B rock get together and dance - the closest yet.
Conventional wisdom says that good sex can be great, but good conversation will make the long years happier. I agree.

The Psychic Input

2009-01-06T18:47:00.001-08:00

Opal's reading wasn't complete for Greenlee - cards on the floor, tea leaves unread changed the whole view to point to terror for Greenlee instead of the wonderful blessing she had been given in the partial reading. Now Opal is trying to undo the really good input she had given to her. Greenlee is now on cloud nine with her wedding plans.

Nothing is ever simple

2009-01-05T15:16:00.001-08:00

Romance - even when both want it still doesn['t go smoothly. Greenlee is having a dream of being drowned on her wedding day, so she refuses Ryan's proposal. He's determined to protect.

Bianca meets Reece's former fiance - raising doubts about her loyalty to her later on. Gays have jealously issues, too. Bianca remains very good-hearted.

Greenlee goes to Opal for a psychic reading - so positive that she feels she can dismiss her fears of being killed.

Opal hesitates to read because she saw so much death and destruction from the tornado, but Greenlee's pleas win her over.

Passion Makes Its Way In

2009-01-01T13:16:00.001-08:00

Greenlee & Ryan solidify their desires and devotion.
Taylor connects with the former emotions they had with she and Brock - he runs away.
Crystal accepts the overtures from diabolical David.
JR reaches out to Amanda who resists - feeling she isn't a good friend to him.
All are letting their heart's rule.

Passion Draws

2008-12-31T06:08:00.001-08:00

Crystal draws into Diabolical David's arms as she misses her husband Tad and daughter Babe who died in the tornado

Greenlee releases her guilt about Annie's mental state and welcomes Ryan into her heart openly.

Amanda did her job with getting JR drunk, collects her pay from Diabolical David, and guiltily runs from David.

Annie's passionate hate for Greenlee is stirred by seeing her again - she goes bersurk and is taken into custody.

Beyond Appearances

2008-12-29T19:26:00.001-08:00

Ryan and Greenlee finally look beyond the appearances of what she thinks they as a couple have caused, declare their love for one another, and make love.

Annie seems to wake up - demands to be called Emma, scuffles with her doctor and escapes the mental hospital and gets home.

Amanda reluctantly assists JR in getting drunk - accomplishing the goal diabolical David has set for her.

Crystal confronts diabolical David about the drugs he gave her in milk - then agrees to take more to calm her to sleep - getting her premission is the key.

Patience Pays

2008-12-24T20:27:00.001-08:00

Crystal sees thru David's drugging her - flays at all the Christmas decorations and sets the house on fire. She just kep letting him help her until she saw thru what he was doing.

Zach remains steadfast in talking to Kendall in her coma - until she comes out of her body and goes to their family times together - of course they can see her. But patience draws Zach to her side.

Greenlee finally agrees to love Ryan - his patience has paid off.

Patience is the Teacher

2008-12-24T01:17:00.001-08:00

Zach is reminded that Myrtle often advised him to let go of pushing things and people around and being patient to observe the pattern evolving through the events. It came to mind clearly again as he watches and waits with Kendall's coma.

David intrudes on Crystal's vulnerability as she feels the pain of Babe's missing presence at this first Christmas without her. Puts himself into the Chandler's with giving Little A a motorized car for Christmas - his grandson.

Taylor asks Zach's help to get Brock released from jail for using another soldier's identity. Zach does this - Brock goes to Taylor - again to say goodbye. Taylor upholds the truth of their connection - and tries patiently to help him see her devotion.

Mental Maze

2008-12-18T18:03:00.000-08:00

Annie is giving us a graphic picture of the world which the logical, caring mind has left - possibly only momentarily. She has Aiden posing as her father to help give her a feeling of trust, even tho it is very fake.

David is up to his usual tricks of trying to destroy someone - this time it's Jake who was trying to be compassionate to Taylor and Brock.

Bianca is probing assertively into Reece's past to determine if her lesbianism is really true.

The Highs of the Holiday

2008-12-17T15:06:00.001-08:00

Caring is the theme running thru our players: Crystal being cared for by David and others over the loss of Babe.
Ryan caring for Emma in the mental hospital.
Greenlee caring for Emma as she portrays an angel.
Frankie caring for Randi to allay her fears of intimacy and success.
Adam and JR caring for Little A - keeping him away from David.

The holidays give us the chance to be at our best/

Taking Sweet Steps to Emotional Resolutions

2008-12-16T13:31:00.001-08:00

The emotional obstacles we encounter often are not just black and white. Much needs to go into the gray mix as emotional issues are uncovered.
   Bianca is determined to help Reece with her family's rejection of her being a lesbian. She goes to the father and learns of Reece's former wedding plans she canceled by stating her life choice of lesbianism.
   Taylor and Brock are talking on the phone - he won't face her because of his disfigured face. She many times tries to convince him that she sees the real self of him beneath the appearance. He's not convinced.
   Natalia and Randi have girl-talk about Randi's fear of intimacy with Frankie. Talking helps Randi to see her real fear and to get hold of it. Her love for Frankie gives her the goal she needs.

Secretaries can make mistakes - but nurses???

2008-12-15T12:43:00.001-08:00

Zach gets a call from the hospital that Kendall has come out of her coma. He races to her only to find that the nurse has made a mistake, it is Rebecca that has rallied. Zach's rage takes over - orders the nurse fired, slams a cart. Bianca has followed him.
   Reece is surprised by her father who wants to reconcile the upset he and her mother had when she told them she was lesbian. He wants her to come home - but not with Bianca - she orders him to go.
   Randi has a gorgeous photo shoot for a Valentine promotion at Fusion, Amanda borrows the dress to go out with J.R. The plot thickens that Ananda is supposed to get JR drunk to fulfill David's vengeance so that he can get custody of Little A.
   Rebecca is now awake and many are happily surrounding her.
   Aiden has admitted himself into the same psychiatric hospital as Annie - now he's posing as her father to win her trust. His goal is to find out what Annie did in the kidnapping of Emma.

The Unhappy Holidays

2008-12-12T16:23:00.001-08:00

The holidays are always so full of expectation of happy moments in our lives. Grief, however, is spilling over in Pine Valley - letting us identify with the reality shows many of us are living thru.
   Natalia is facing pulling the plug on her mother's life. She has several with her that understand and support her.
   Chrystal can hardly bear the holiday for missing Babe - David is counting on that to drive her into his arms. She's stronger than than, tho appreciative of his support.
   Annie has become too far distant from reality to recognize her own daughter. Emma, the daughter, has to be told that her mother can't be with her.

The Rubber Hits the Road

2008-12-10T19:42:00.001-08:00

David is getting caught with putting a drug in the milk that now Bianca, rather than Crystal has drunk.
Brock has run from Taylor again, meets with Jake who persuades him to stay in Pine Valley and give Taylor a chance to pursue the love they once shared. He shows up to her - with honesty this time.
Angie is planning a warm, friendly Christmas because that is what is in her heart.

Honesty is getting the upper hand - giving strength to those honest in heart - so that is the rubber that is hitting the future road.

Moral Integrity

2008-12-09T14:03:00.001-08:00

We have several characters following what they feel is the right thing to do:

   Greenlee breaking off with Ryan because they have caused others much pain becaus they were together.
   Crystal feeling much emotional pain over the loss of Babe, but resisting David's seductive overtures.
   Brock lying thru his teeth about caring for Taylor so she could be free of him and his disfigurement.
   Aiden goes to the police to take a lie detector test to prove his innocence about Emma's kidnapping.
   Taylor keeping her memory of being together with Brock as being real inspite of his denials.

   We still have the manipulators planning undermining pitfalls for each other - Erica and Adam.

All in all balance is seen.

Handling Love

2008-12-09T10:25:00.000-08:00

Love abounds between all - the children are easily distracted by gifts and attention by the remaining loving parent. We should all have one who cares about how we feel!
Greenlee leaves Ryan when the situation could evolve romantically - to sit alone in the boathouse.
Jake joins her to assuage his feelings for Taylor.
Brock maintains his emotional distance from Taylor who won't dismiss her feelings for him - then discovers the ring he claimed he didn't order - aha! We can see a change coming here.
Crystal has the strength to avoid David's seduction and makes her way back into her husband's arms.

The Children Lead

2008-12-08T12:01:00.000-08:00

Caring parents are listening to the children very carefully. Some are missing the ones that are not there - Little A misses Babe, Emma misses Annie who is confined to a mental cell. Other can't handle the common wisdom of the season - Crystal runs from home to David - who now plans to drug her so she will stay longer.

Debunking Desires #2

2008-12-07T12:58:00.001-08:00

Another couple dealing with suppressed desires is Greenlee and Ryan. Ryan holds to the desire to be with Greenlee and she decides that as a couple, they have brought on much grief to others - Annie - Kendall = Zach, etc. Her summation is that if they break up, no one else will be hurt - only she and Ryan.
Tracking energy patterns, don't we see that this kind of misguided intentions usually only bring on more grief all around - no one can really be their honest selves.

Looking Beyond Appearances

2008-12-04T20:55:00.001-08:00

Taylor is brought to Brock. She is repulsed at first seeing his disfigued face, then consumed with guilt . She tries to win his forgiveness as she realized that he is the man she fell in love with regardless of the wy he looks now. Very tender as she reaches deeper within herself to acknowledge the realness of the soul of her man.

Ryan still t ries to help Annie now that she is in a mental institution.

When Love Turns Lousy

2008-12-02T10:23:00.001-08:00

Love, at its best is a give and take - you give because yolu want to and you receivewhat pleases and assists your best behavior.
   Today, Dec. 2, we see Annie declaring a love for Ryan that was bizarre and dangerous at a heart level.   Stabbing Erica seems to be a side issue - just from a mind consumed with her focused goal of getting married to Ryan.
   How much we have to deal with negativity - just a minute few in a crowd affects the whole.
   The goodness of the whole begins to shine through as caring reveals heartfelt concerns.

Tornado Time

2008-12-01T11:39:00.001-08:00

We relive the graphic impact of the tornado hitting all the main characters. Several emergency instructions are taught to us through the event. The scenes will shoe the search and rescue operations and hospitalization for the injured.
The soaps are good for our general educations many times.

AMC - Family Oriented Content

2008-11-28T04:40:00.001-08:00

Ruth Warrick, "Phoebe" on All My Children,
told me that Agnes Dixon, the creator of AMC
wanted a show that is family - oriented.
Since sex and violence is a part of our lives,
it is handled in an manner that is not as exploitive
as in other TV shows.

Confession/Confrontation Day:

2008-11-25T11:59:00.001-08:00

Bianca wants to tell Kendall that her baby is her husband, Zach's.

Angie wants to give Rebecca some happiness in her final days - so she is moving out. Jessie anguishes.

Amanda gest very honest with JR

Annie and Greenlee face off with Annie's gun.

Jake & David vie for doing surgery on Aeden.

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The dealing with emotional ties often bring soul-searching to the front. The writers are dealing compassionately with each step. A student of emotional resolution can see the language of kindness and tough love.

The Ladies have it.

2008-11-24T12:16:00.001-08:00

Crystal declines David's seduction moves.

Greenlee prepares to sign Aeden's surgery plan - he wakes up to say "no."

Amanda walks out on David's plan to destroy J. R.

Rebecca blesses Jesse & Angie's home. Angie packs up to leave.

The Way of Greiving

2008-11-21T12:38:00.001-08:00

Grief and the many ways it comes at us - with a loss or a disappointment.

The gay couple, Bianca and Reese want to have a christening for their daughter and are refused by a priest. Another woman priest is called and a beautiful blessed ceremony was held. Reese is dismayed because her parents are rejecting her. She is consoled by several loving friends and told to count on them as family-friendly ones to hold her dear.

Crystal, Babe's mother, can't get over her grief of losing Babe, fights with Tad, who is passively supportive, but Crystal insists on fighting him and she runs to David, who is actually the real father of Babe. She seems vulnerable to be seduced by David right now.

Pain of losses are gripping most characters today - addressing the pain, it's lengths, the patience required and emotional residue.

War Scars

2008-11-20T12:11:00.001-08:00

Suzy' View of All My Children = Nov. 20

One focus today was upon the Iraq vet who was wounded and now disfigured, Brock. He is resisting seeing his fiance, Taylor, because she hasn't seen his face, sees her in the hospital where she is recovering from a fall, and is interested in her doctor, Jake Martin. Brock tells Colby he wants to leave and let her go on with her own new life.
Colby defends the feelings he has for Taylor, and for Taylor's strong memories. Now, Brock's mother also shows up.
My view is that we are to understand the effects of the war scars and treat them compassionately.
More tomorrow.

"All My Children" an Educators views

2008-11-18T16:45:00.001-08:00

An Educators Views from "All My Children"
Today's show:

Allowing TV to be an educational asset - here's a few issues that were addressed today

   Loneliness - Adam wanting his son and grandson to move back with him.
        Grandson, Little A wants to sleep in his own bed at Adam's
   Kidnapping - Annie, (Mother), Ryan, Greenlee and Aiden confronted by kidnapper, Diane.
   Alcohol - Amanda & Dr. David, identifies the detrimental effect of being drunk.
   Loss - J R missing his wife he lost last month - Babe, and how her positive presence uplifts him.
   Forgiveness - Family accepts the "other woman."
   Iraq - One disabled veteran - Taylor, her medic, Jake, and an unknown wounded soldier.

Many current issues depicted in a positive, quick moving manner.

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