Watch this when
The Wild Robot
She wasn't built to be a mom. She learned anyway, and then she let him fly.
Who it's for
Roz is a service robot with no instructions for parenting, yet she raises an orphaned gosling by watching, failing and adapting, which speaks to adoptive, foster and first-time parents who feel unqualified.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Chris Sanders's DreamWorks Animation film, adapted from Peter Brown's novel, follows Roz (Lupita Nyong'o), a service robot stranded on an uninhabited island after a storm. Unable to find anyone who needs her, she accidentally destroys a goose nest and protects the one surviving egg; the gosling, Brightbill (Kit Connor), imprints on her.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Animal deaths and predator peril.
Age: PG (thematic elements, action/peril)
I came to your shore as a stranger, I lived in your house as a guest, I leave your door as a friend, my earth.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 272
