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The Saddle Club

(Rated TV-Y7, Drama, Starring Sophie Bennett, Keenan Macwilliam, Lara Jean Marshall, Where to watch: Discovery Kids, DVD)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 8; suggested age 8.
  • Is it any good?

    3.0
  • Common Sense says

    Cute boys and horses: A tween dream.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 8 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    Despite facing moral dilemmas, the characters always make the right decision in the end. The girls provide good, realistic role models.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence & scariness:

    Not an issue.
  • Sexy stuff:

    Innocent flirtation and boy-girl crushes.
  • Language:

    Not an issue.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About The Saddle Club

Parents need to know that this Australian drama is based on the growing pains of three tweenaged horse riders. The series takes on the often-challenging life lessons of emerging adolescence: responsibility, loyalty, honesty, and forgiveness. Reflecting the shift of social influence in a tween's life from parents to peers, the characters tend to resolve conflict without adult input. The girls and boys at the stable also engage in some innocent flirtation.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the dilemmas each character encounters; each episode is full of moral conflicts. Should you keep a friend's secret even if you know she needs help? While the series is centered around what it means to be a good friend, other issues may spark discussion, too. What can you do when you encounter peer pressure? How do privileges and responsibilities relate to each other?

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  1. I rate this title on for age 8 and give it 5.0
    • My highlights are:
    • Educational
    • Positive messages

    Great show for horselovers

    It is a good show you can also learn tips on caring for your horse!

  2. Parent Reviewer
    I rate this title iffy for age 7 and give it 1.0

    I'm not seeing the morality here

    I just watched an episode with my daughter for the first time. We saw "Horse's Keeper." One of the girls decided to sell her horse rather than working, and regretted it. That was okay. But when the new owner wouldn't sell the horse back, her friends told the new owner the horse had a bad hip. This is supposed to a show about morals, but they solved the problem through fraud, and harming the good name of the girl's father by claiming he sold a broken down horse as sound. In the last scene, the girl who got her horse back thanked her friends for their good idea.

  3. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    Lives in Georgia
    I rate this title on for age 6 and give it 5.0
    • My highlights are:
    • Positive messages

    Saddle club is an awsome tv show! I started watching it around 8 when I found the show on tv. It's a cool, great, and awsome show! Watch it today!

  4. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    Sadle club is awsome

    Sadle club is so awsome that I pretty much have every episode recorded

  5. Kid Reviewer Age 8
    Lives in North Carolina
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    I love this series!

    i love horses and the book and movie series! the movies are so realistic and so are the books! i would like to learn how to ride them and i would like to live in a barn just like my mom grew up in one. I'd like to learn to take care of one so i could have it as a pet.a very special pet. saddle club shows are the best!

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