:06 Lewis’s invention malfunctioned and he didn’t end up getting adopted. 124 families have interviewed him and they all passed, leading him to think he has no future. Have you ever had the feeling of not being wanted?

:07 Mildred explained that his mother might have given him up as a baby because she couldn’t take care of him. What questions do you have about adoption or the foster care system?

:10 Lewis doesn’t give up trying to finish his invention for the science fair. Perseverance is the ability to get through difficult tasks. How easily do you give up on hard tasks? How can you convince yourself to keep trying, to keep persevering when you try to create something amazing?

:16 Lewis invented a Memory Scanner. It’s a machine that’s able to retrieve a memory of something that you might have forgotten. Do you have a favorite memory of something wonderful that happened when you were younger? Something you never want to forget?

:27 The Bowler Hat Guy tries to pass off Lewis’s invention as his own. He’s lying for selfish reasons. He’s being dishonest. Proverbs 11:3 says, "Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people." Do you have trouble being honest sometimes? In what ways might dishonesty lead to destruction?

:40 Goob tells the story of his failure during the baseball game. His coach tells him to just “let it go and move on”. But the Bowler Hat Guy tells Goob “not to let it go”. When bad things happen to you, are you able to “let it go” and move on, or do you keep thinking about it and feeling upset?

• Here's an article on How to Talk to Your Kids About Expression Emotions.

:51 Lewis fails and the Robinsons actually start celebrating! They aren’t mad, they are quite happy because failure offers an opportunity to learn something new. Failure is a necessary step in the journey to success. How can your family celebrate failure when it happens? How can you embrace failure instead of trying to avoid it?

• Resource: The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey

:58 Lewis expresses his gratitude because the Robinson family sacrificed so much for him. The Robinsons then say they want to adopt Lewis. What do you think Lewis is feeling in this moment? Why is being adopted so important to him?

1:04 We find out that the Bowler Hat Guy is actually who Goob becomes when he grows up. Goob had a traumatic moment in his childhood and it led him to think everyone hated him, when that wasn’t actually true. He got hurt, so he ended up hurting others. Do you know any bullies, any people who are mean to you? If you understood the hard things that happened to that bully, how does that change the way you see them?

• Here's an article on How to Talk to Your Kids About Bullying.

1:07 Lewis explains that Goob just focused on the bad stuff that happened to him and it ended up hurting him. Lewis says he should have chosen to “keep moving forward”. Is there any bad thing that has happened to you recently that you need to let go of?

1:14 Even though the Bowler Hat Guy was mean to him, Lewis decided to treat him with kindness and mercy. In Matthew 5:44, Jesus tells us how we should treat mean people: "But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!" How can you show kindness, mercy, and love to your enemies? How can you pray for them?

1:21 There are many people like Mildred in our world: people who are willing to take children into their home when they need help. There are many foster parents, adoptive parents, and orphanages that exist to help kids who need help. Do you know any extraordinary grown ups who spend their time caring for kids who need help? How can you pray for them?