It’s for family because one there is the things for the kids. Which are the storytelling, the main story.
The family part is that even parents, older folks can get something from this. You might say, “Yeah, yeah the gospel story is for everyone”. But I actually want to focus on the meta narrative. The father and his children, and his cat.
In the beginning the father was impatient with his son and the cat. Even made his son cry. But through the telling we can start see the father and the son, and even the cat’s relationship heal.
One scene I’m particularly liked is when the father picked up the cat and the son saw Jesus in that. It teaches parents to be kind and patient as well.
I also really like the ending. Where instead of continuing the story with the women going on to tell the disciples that He is risen. The son went on and told his siblings. Kind of continuing the story into the meta narrative, kind of telling the audience to do the same thing as well. I really that, it makes the ending more practical.