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The Real Housewives of Atlanta

(Rated TV-14, Reality TV, Where to watch: Bravo, Online)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 14, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 14.
  • Is it any good?

    3.0
  • Common Sense says

    Meet another group of materialistic women, y'all.

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 14–18

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    The show focuses on women who are driven by wealth, status, and materialism. While the series features many African Americans who are educated, successful, and wealthy, some of the housewives -- both African American and Caucasian -- appear as stereotypical "gold-diggers" their partners are sometimes referred to as "sugar daddies" and "Big Papa." Deals with issues like divorce, single motherhood, and illegitimacy.
  • Violence:

    The women argue, shout, and wag fingers in one another's faces.
  • Sex:

    Some strong sexual innuendo. Some of the women wear tight-fitting, chest-revealing clothes. A birthday party features pole dancing.
  • Language:

    Audible language includes words like "bitch" (both spoken and written out in text messages). Stronger words like "f--k" are bleeped.
  • Consumerism:

    Prominently shows lots of high-end brands like Versace, Dior, Jimmy Choo, and Cadillac. Lisa Wu's various clothing and fashion lines -- including Wu girls and Hart 2 Hart Baby -- and Sheree's fashion line, She by Sheree, are also prominently featured. The women are very concerned with material wealth and the status that it brings them.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Frequent consumption of alcohol (wine, champagne, mixed drinks).
 

What Parents Need to Know

About The Real Housewives of Atlanta

Parents need to know that this latest installment of the Real Housewives franchise -- which follows the lives of five wealthy Atlanta socialites -- is more of the same. Like their counterparts in Orange County and New York, these women place great importance on wealth, social status, and material goods. Although the show deals with some of their personal problems (divorce, single motherhood) the series primarily focuses on their obsession with staying at the top of the city's social ladder. Not surprisingly, lots of high-end name brands are prominently featured. Also expect catty behavior, salty language (the strongest words are bleeped), sexual innuendo, and plenty of drinking.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the appeal of watching shows about wealthy, elite members of society. Why do you think the Real Housewives franchise is so successful? What kinds of messages do these shows send about people who have money? Do you think people really want to be like them? What would be the hardest part about living like these people? The easiest? Families can also discuss some of the women featured on the show. Some of them talk about their troubled pasts. How do you think that impacts the way they live their lives today?

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Most Recent Reviews

  1. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate language

    • My highlights are:
    • Good role models

    Good SHow!

    It is a goo show, there is some swearing, but when you see wealthy people it may drive you to want to be rich and succcessful.

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Arkansas
    I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it 2.0

    The worst of them all!!!

    I have watched every real housewives series and I can honestly say this was the worst! All of the women on the show obsess over stupid things. And frankly, none of them really seem to care about their children. And they never seem to stop complaining about something. I can' t believe they call themselves "housewives"!!! Yeah right!

  3. Parent Reviewer
    Lives in Washington
    I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 1.0

    sad, tacky, ugly, uneducated, narsistist, stupid...

    I was so happy that my kids saw the show the same way I did as ugly fat women whose view of life was as narrow and narsistic as humanly possible. Stupid, ugly gold digging women without an iota of class, we first thought it was comedy...my kids said it made them puke; that women would actually parade around that were so fat (I am a black man and have to agree those are some really ugly women, both physically and mentally, and again I was very happy my 3 kids wanted to puke) we watched it once---no more read a book, go to class, there is so much more to life than shinny objects...it is almost medevil

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