Lunchtime Conversations, Are Movies & TV Shows Teaching Teens the Wrong Lessons About Love & Life?
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In Episode 3 of Lunchtime Conversations, of Clear Waters Radio, Sanaa Gardiner, Executive Director and Director of Training of SheEmpowHers Non-profit Organization and Sonovia Williams of Clear Waters Radio, sit down with teen guest Samara Moxey for an honest, eye-opening conversation about how movies and media shape the way young people see love, relationships, identity, and even dark or destructive choices.
So much of what we watch paints teens as reckless, romance-driven, or headed toward danger. But is that the full story? Together, we explore:
🎥 How movies and shows quietly influence teen behavior and expectations
❤️ The messages teens are receiving about love, worth, and belonging
🧠 Why many teens today are choosing academics, growth, and purpose over the stereotypes
⚠️ Whether media sometimes normalizes darkness instead of addressing it
🌱 How adults, educators, and mentors can become better guides in a media-saturated world This conversation isn’t about blame — it’s about awareness, connection, and restoring truth about a generation that often feels unseen.
🎧 Listen as a group, classroom, or family. We invite you to watch together and send in your voice comments or reflections. What stood out? What questions did this bring up? What do the teens in your world need adults to understand better? Because when we change the stories we listen to… we change the stories we live.
🎥 Watch the full episode above.
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