The Film Mom is a weekly column about family entertainment for parents with kids (and kids with parents) by Tara McNamara, the editor and founder of KidsPickFlicks.com.

Yep, I’m one of Those Parents. One of Those Parents who are pushing guiding their kids toward success, encouraging their kids to get more involved, take leadership roles, do more charity work, take the SAT again to try and get a better score – all in an effort to get them into A Top University. One of Those Parents who you, with the younger kids, say you’ll never be. I’m here to tell you you’re wrong.

The movie Admission highlights this phenomenon in a completely original way. Tina Fey plays a career-driven admissions officer at Princeton, reputed to be the hardest school to get into, who can’t stand overly involved parents. But when she runs across an applicant she suspects may be the son she gave up for adoption 18 years ago, her motherly instinct kicks in to make his dreams come true. She becomes willing to sacrifice her own desires in place of the desires of her "son." I challenge a parent to watch the film and not see themselves, even just a little bit, in her character. Or maybe it’s just me. Either way, in two or three weeks we’ll know if my teen got into Harvard and then, I’ll go back to living my own life. Until he decides where he wants to get his first job.

Here are three movies in theaters to see with your kids:

The Croods. A caveman cartoon with Looney Tunes-type physical comedy, The Croods is about a cave family who live by the philosophy “never not be afraid.” It’ll make you wonder how the human race survived to become the top of the food chain.

Admission. Comedic actors Fey, Paul Rudd and Lily Tomlin star in this film but be aware, it is more dramedy than comedy. Either way, it’s a great film to see with your teen who is in the midst of the college application process.

Mindless Behavior: All Around the World. This biography concert doc of four young R&B bandmates is meant to not only be inspirational, but to show kids that big-time success is a result of really hard work.

See what kids think about these films, go to www.KidsPickFlicks.com, where all kids are movie critics.