I love this show because it revolves around a HUGE family!
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17 Kids and Counting
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Not age appropriate for kids under 6, age appropriate for kids over 8; suggested age 8. -
Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
Behind-the-scenes look at an usual family.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 8 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About 17 Kids and Counting
Parents need to know that this reality show about an Arkansas family with 17+ kids is age appropriate for tweens and up. Not every viewer will have the same conservative values as the traditional Duggar clan, but there's no sexual content, language, violence, or other iffy stuff of that nature to be concerned about.
Read our full review by Anne Louise Bannon
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about what it's like to grow up in a large family. How do you think that affects the way that siblings interact with each other and with their parents? Kids: Do you wish your family was bigger? Smaller? Why? Also, the Duggar parents freely hand out postcards with the family photo on them. Ask your kids whether they think this is an appropriate way to share their family's experience -- or are the parents using the media to profit from their family's unusually large size?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
Great!!!
- I rate this title on for age 6 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive consumerism
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
Good for "reality" tv
I disagree with the site consumerism rating... the last show I saw showed LOTS of products like a fountain soda machine with branded drinks, household cleaners and appliances.
- I rate this title on for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
19 NOT 17!
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Not bad, but not beneficial for young kids either
I'm not nearly as conservative as the Duggars, our family, being Catholic, does have a different belief system, but I'm not concerned about about my son suffering adverse effects from watching this show. That being said, aside from limited exposure to a family that works differently (which is good since I don't want to raise him in a "small, Catholic, military family bubble"), I'm not sure he gains much from it either. This one is firmly in the "okay to have on while he's in the room, but not really for him" category.
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Ratings at a Glance
| 75% | of parents say there are good role models |
| 75% | of parents say it gives kids positive messages |
| 50% | of parents say it's educational |
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