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amother

Turquoise

Sun, Jul 08 2018, 11:23 pm

Any ideas for a show that is clean enough for a 12 year old boy to watch? He’s very mature and not at all sheltered, but so far the ones we’ve tried have not been so appropriate. The problem is he won’t enjoy shows that are geared toward kids. Are there any adult shows that we’d both enjoy that aren’t too inappropriate? Or am I dreaming...

bigsis144

Sun, Jul 08 2018, 11:34 pm

Avatar: The Last Airbender is incredible - it’s animated and played on Nickelodeon back in the day, but I saw it for the first time as an adult and it blew me away with the excellent writing, character arcs and themes. Really, really good.

flowerpower

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 12:06 am

Would he go for Master Chef Jr?

byisrael

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 12:39 am

what about Alone?

amother

Chartreuse

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 1:01 am

What about the old I love Lucy.

Rappel

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 1:40 am

The West Wing was great.

Depending on how unsheltered he and you are - Babylon 5. It's not a completely clean show, but I don't remember anything beyond kissing and some heavy topics coming up (ex: I think the doctor dates a dancer with a terminal illness for one episode - but the storyline served as a context for a discussion of what is a good life. It ended pretty quickly.)

amother

Natural

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 3:27 am

bigsis144 wrote:

Haven't watched it but I've heard great things. Steven Universe is a cartoon that I guess is technically for kids, but there's so much in there that's really not for kids, like death, PTSD, anxiety, war.....

I love it.

amother

Turquoise

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 7:28 am

byisrael wrote:

what about Alone?

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Where can I find this show? I haven’t heard of if...

Lizzie4

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 8:30 am

Everybody hates chris

anon for this

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 9:03 am

My older kids liked Gravity Falls. It's a cartoon with a significant adult following but I don't think it has anything that would be inappropriate for your son.

bigsis144

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 9:22 am

Quick addition to my earlier post: Avatar the Last Airbender (and its sequel series, Legend of Korra, which I haven’t seen yet) are available on Amazon Prime if you have it.

thunderstorm

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 9:26 am

I love MASH . There is some kibitzing between men and women otherwise it's pretty clean and very funny

madys

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 2:10 pm

Amazing Race and Survivor

Both are great shows and there are SO many seasons

amother

Orange

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 3:35 pm

American ninja warrior
Battlebots

icebreaker

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 3:52 pm

We like the Travel Channel. Mysteries at the Museum and Bizarre Foods are the ones we watch. House Hunters International (well, I like this show, my kids really don’t lol). We also really like the Discovery Life Channel but some shows may be a bit much. Animal Planet is really nice too and, surprisingly, the Weather Channel has very interesting shows.

FranticFrummie

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 4:00 pm

Heartland, available for free on streaming sites, or on Netflix.

There are strong family values, and both the male and female characters are well represented as capable, reliable, and interesting.

imorethanamother

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 5:44 pm

We like America's Got Talent.

amother

Sapphire

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 7:24 pm

The Middle

srbmom

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 7:36 pm

My son loves watching Mr. Bean with me - the original TV series (not the movie). Laugh out loud funny! I think you can find a bunch of episodes on YouTube

wantavaca

Mon, Jul 09 2018, 8:37 pm

Shark tank?

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