UCLA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\tThe annual report found that kids and young adults ages 10-24 prefer to see onscreen portrayals of \u201cfathers enjoying parenting\u201d or \u201cfathers showing love to kids\u201d by a 5 to 1 margin vs. those who wanted to see less of those dynamics.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cYoung people are not just asking for better dads; they are asking for a reimagining of how men show up in the lives of others. Whether it is a father, mentor, coach, or teacher, the message from the audience was the same,\u201d according to the report\u2019s authors.<\/p>\n
\n\tFor years, creators and executives have \u201coperated under the assumption that young male audiences prefer, or at least expect, stoic, independent male heroes.\u201d Thus, the glut of superhero films centered around one lone warrior (or a group of such people) saving the entire world. The Teens & Screens survey indicates otherwise.<\/p>\n
\n\tAmong the portrayals singled out by the study\u2019s authors is Noah Wyle\u2019s portrayal of Dr. Michael \u201cRobby\u201d Robinavitch in HBO Max\u2019s hit series The Pitt. Dr. Robby is a flawed, very human mentor to the trainees at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center\u2019s emergency room.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cFor decades, media has relied on the \u2018stoic provider\u2019 or the \u2018distant hero\u2019 as the default for adult men,\u2019 per the report. \u201cOur data shows that by primarily showing men in positions of power or physical strength, we ignore the roles that young people value, defined by empathy, patience, and emotional availability.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe 2025 Teens & Screens survey<\/a> was fielded in August 2025 and engaged 1,500 adolescents (ages 10\u201324) across the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Less Doctor Strange and more Dr. Robby. That\u2019s what Gen Alpha and Gen Z want to see onscreen,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,18,117,19,17,166621,33353],"class_list":["post-356265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-teens-screens","tag-ucla"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116133727199809188","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}