• Is it age appropriate?

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 14, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 14.

• Is it any good?

  2.0

• Common Sense says

  This show made Paris and Nicole household names.

Why We Rated This for Ages 14–18

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  While the girls are occasionally gracious to their hosts, they're more often rude and snobby ("This car is so ghetto" "I could never imagine living here -- I'd die"). They break rules, swear, smoke, give the finger to children, complain constantly, and more.
• Violence:

  Chicken plucking and killing ticks is as bad as it gets.
• Sex:

  The girls wear very revealing clothes (Paris's low-rider jeans were so low that her backside was pixilated). In an early season, the girls made out with local boys and joked about having a threesome with their host family's teen son.
• Language:

  Words like "bitch", "hell", "ass," and "sucks" are common -- and although words like "f--k" and "s--t" are bleeped, it's clear what they're saying.
• Consumerism:

  The show glamorizes the socialites' extravagant lifestyle. From private jets to shopping sprees at Dior (where Paris once dropped $1500 on a dog carrier without blinking an eye), the girls obviously subscribe to the "more is more" philosophy.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  Nicole smokes, and there's drinking as well.

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