The Boys are Back

So I know that I'm over sentimental and always fall for Hollywood's cheap tricks but I really enjoyed this film with Clive Owen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdnTibGABAE

Besides the believable acting, stunning Australian scenery and great soundtrack (Sigur Rós, Ray LaMontagne, Carla Bruni)    I think this was the first time in 6 months since becoming a father that I realised how fragile my newly formed family of three, could be.  The Boys Are Back is based on Simon Carr’s memoir of the same name and Clive Owen features as Joe Warr, a sports reporter who struggles to raise his son Artie following the death of his wife and arrival of his first son, by another partner. With an anarchic parental style low on rules, I think I imagined that this loose approach to parenting would be similar to mine, given the situation.  Thing is.....is it normal to think of such grim circumstance and how you'd cope?  The next morning Mrs Pimmsoclock told me she'd had a dream of me leaving her.  I wonder if we subconsciously imagine these circumstance (in daydream or nightdream) as a way of mentally preparing for the worse?