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One Tree Hill. One of the greatest thought up shows ever. I first watched this show when I was in high school. Changed my life. Sure, there are some pretty corny lines, and a LOT of dentist music. I mean A LOT. But every season is built after another to portray wonderful values relating to this time. Take Payton for example. She is a verging on gothic teenager with a tragic life who hides herself by being a cheerleader. She has a webcam in her bedroom that she never turns off. When I was younger and watched this show I thought about how I liked her so much but I shouldn't because the whole first season is displaying how having a webcam is cool. How it is cool to show the world what you are doing at all times. Many sexual jokes are made about this webcam and I felt uncomfortable. Well... SPOILER ALERT: this may ruin the show for any who start from the beginning! Payton ends up having a half-brother, who turns into a stalker, who then kidnaps her and torments her for months. Its intense. One of the craziest episodes I've ever seen on television. It's amazing. It is season after season that builds to this one event to teach kids how dangerous a webcam really can be. And this is not the only moral they teach in this show. There are hundreds.
As I restarted the series this last week, I am watching it with a different mind. Being in the Family Life major, I find myself analyzing the parents and their relationships with their teenagers. Karen Roe, is a single mother of a main character, Lucas Scott. In a recent episode in season 1, Karen is explaining a game she plays with her son to the local basketball coach called, "What would you do?"
It is a game where she would ask him questions such as, "If the house caught on fire... what would you do?" etc. I love this game. I have heard of other parents playing a similar game with their children in preparation for the day that they are old enough to make decisions about drinking, drugs and sex. It has been part of my plans to incorporate that game into my daily conversations with my kids. All in all, One Tree Hill is an amazing show. And that is all I have to say.