Ar'shi Shaikh

As a parent, this show made me really worried! I started watching Ginny & Georgia because my teenage daughter was watching it. She seemed very into it, and I wanted to understand why. But what I saw made me uncomfortable not just as a mom, but as someone who cares about how young people are influenced. The mother in the show Georgia, is shown as a strong woman who had a very hard life. She became a mom at 15, was homeless, and did some wrong things but only to protect her daughter. She went hungry, she struggled, but everything she did was to give her child a better life. That part felt real to me. What really bothered me was how the teenage characters behave. They deal with their pain by drinking, taking drugs, self-harming, or sleeping around. They talk about being alone, feeling empty, and not wanting to live and the show makes all of this look normal and even cool. That’s dangerous! They also keep blaming their parents, no matter what. Even when Georgia tries her best, her daughter Ginny is always angry at her. The message seems to be that no matter how much a parent loves or supports their child, it’s never enough and the child has every right to be cruel or distant. I’m not judging anyone who likes the show. But I do think as parents, we should be aware. Teenagers are watching this and might believe that this is how life is that hurting yourself or others is a normal way to deal with pain, and blaming parents is fine. I just wish shows like this would also show healthier ways to cope. Because young people are watching. And they are learning from what they see.