Not My Kid

Not My Kid
Genre	Drama
Screenplay by	Christopher Knopf
Story by	Beth Polson Christopher Knopf
Directed by	Michael Tuchner
Starring	George Segal Stockard Channing Andrew Robinson Gary Bayer Nancy Cartwright Christa Denton Tate Donovan Laura Harrington John Philbin Kathleen Wilhoite Kathleen York Viveka Davis
Theme music composer	Mark Snow
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Beth Polson
Producer	Pat Finnegan
Cinematography	Fred J. Koenekamp[1]
Editor	Byron 'Buzz' Brandt
Running time	100 minutes
Production company	Finnegan Productions
Distributor	CBS
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	January 15, 1985 (1985-01-15)

Not My Kid is a 1985 American made-for-television drama film directed by Michael Tuchner,^[2] which was based on a 1984 book of the same name by Beth Polson (who also served as the film's executive producer) and Miller Newton.^[3] The movie aired on CBS in the United States, and had a VHS release both there and in the United Kingdom, with ITC handling distribution rights.

Plot[]

A teenaged drug addict is sent to Dr. Royce's controversial drug intervention program where the addicts in the program confront each other in supervised group meetings. Also, in these meetings, the addicts are confronted by their families. The girl's mother want to remove her from the program because it upsets her that their daughter is being forced to associate with addicts who admit to stealing and trading sex to support their drug habits. They remain in denial until their daughter admits at a family confrontation meeting the full extent of her drug addiction. After this, they are able to address their own feelings about being the family of a hardcore drug addict. The daughter is reunited with her family only after all of them have acknowledged her addiction and accepted therapy for it.

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External links[]

• Not My Kid at IMDb