Achieving Gender Identity In Good Luck Charlie

Society is controversial when it comes to gender. Children learn gender roles through TV shows because most of them have gender roles that are expected by society. For example, in Good Luck Charlie they recently had a controversial episode in which they had same-sex mothers of a young girl. Many elementary children probably saw this episode and parents may have not liked the scene because children this young do not know that there are people or couples of the same-gender and they might not want to explain to their children the same-sex relationships from today’s society. On the other hand, this show was made because “the characters were meant to reflect today’s world, as many viewers are young children with same-sex parents” (McAfee). Now, children learned through a TV show about same-gender like they learned the gender role of a male or female or just how they learn gender representation through clothing or the color of their clothing. Children learn gender
PJ, Teddy, Gabe, Charlie and Toby Duncan as the children, ages from one to eighteen years of old. The episode that was watched with an eight year old named Ashley was about Teddy trying to get into Yale University. Gabe and PJ tried to hide from their parents that PJ was living in the tree house because he was evicted from his apartment for not paying rent. Plus, Charlie having a friend that had two mothers instead of one. This Disney Channel show is supposed to be for children from ages seven to thirteen. It might have impact many children and parents who watch the show on television. However, Disney Channel tried to make a difference and it was “developed to be relevant to kids and families around the world and to reflect themes of diversity and inclusiveness” (McAfee). Disney tried to show children what today’s society is in the real world and maybe many parents had to explain to their little ones about same-sex