My family has been a foster family for almost a decade, & if we expected every kid to be perfectly well mannered & not have their trauma/environment affect behavior, we wouldn't be able to house them. I think Lilo and Stitch is one of the most accurate movies to this situation. https://twitter.com/SquigglyDigg/status/1246984685567143942

Is Lilo a "brat"? Occasionally. But so is Nani. They both are struggling to navigate this situation. The case worker is fully prepared to remove Lilo. Not only is this realistic, it's imperative to fully understand what the movie is trying to say.

The message isn't just "family is important, disregard bad behavior!" Because the movie *constantly* points out the abuse, the horrible environment. The drive of the plot is that Nani is going to lose Lilo due to both of their behavior. If both were perfectly well mannered there-

Would be no movie. We wouldn't need a pet to give Lilo for her to learn responsibility/empathy towards Nani's plight. We wouldn't have a case worker breathing down Nani's neck to get a job. Heck, she wouldn't have lost her job in the first place. So there's no reason to treat-

The bad behavior as a comedic device. It's the full drive of the plot. And I don't think it's proper critique of a movie if half of your critique is "it should have been this! This should have been the meaning/reasoning!" That seems very blind and unchallenging. Please rewatch-

The movie and give it the credit it's due. Maybe watch it with a foster family. I think it would be incredibly enlightening. Ok, I'm done I think. Everyone go watch Lilo and Stitch!!!