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All parent reviews for Glee

Age
13
Average rating based on 156 parent reviews:
  • 78% say sexual content is an issue
  • 43% say language is an issue
  • 41% say there are positive messages
Parent
October 1, 2010
 
It has just become too raunchy. Too bad.
Was watching it last night (the "brittany spears" episode") with our 13-year-old girl, and turned it off after the glee club Brittany's laughing gas-induced dream seduction of her dentist. NEVER to watch it again. This was after we suffered through watching another glee club member tell the visiting dentist at school, "you are so hot, seriously, you could drill me any time." I was sick of it by then, and we just turned off the TV after the dream scene. It is just not worth it.

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Parent of 7, 11, 14, and 17 year old
September 14, 2010
 
Where have our family values gone?
I think this is an evil show wrapped in a candy coating. It is suggestive, inappropriate, and appalling. I can't believe that our society is celebrating this type of adult behavior in a teen setting! It seems like nothing is off limits if it's sung to a show tune!

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Parent of 8, 12, and 14 year old
October 29, 2010
 
I loved Glee up until this season. I found it is over the top and would not recommend it for any age, especially young teens. Yes, the music is great, and most parents will let their children watch it because of the music and its quirky humor. However, the main characters have been switching partners so often this season, they are not really good role models anymore. There is a lot of sexual experimentation going on this season, do our children really need to be subjected to this on TV, when it is so embedded in our culture. I am done with Glee, I can not condone watching it even for myself anymore. It's too bad it had to go down the path of other popular tv shows, I used to love it because it was so different.

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Parent of 13 and 14 year old
October 1, 2010
 
Season 1 wasn't too bad, and my daughter was looking forward to Season 2. Watched the first episode, and I was disappointed with inappropriate sexual content. Episode 2 (Brittany Spears episode) was disgustingly sexual - my 14 yr old turned it off of her own accord and expressed her disappointment. It just makes me sick because I know young girls love to watch this show, and it would be a great platform for positive messages. Instead, we got over-sexualized fantasies (dancing, lyrics, lines spoken) more appropriate for 20-something men. Shame on them.

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Parent of 8 and 14 year old
September 9, 2009
 
Disappointing focus on sex
Loved the first one, this 2nd episode is totally inappropriate for my 13-year-old son because of the sexual content. I am so disappointed.

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Parent of 11 and 12 year old
December 15, 2010
 
No longer let kids watch
I personally love to watch Glee. My family ;has watched it since the beginning. It was a very difficult decision but we no longer allow our kids to watch the show. My kids are 10 & 12. When the kids agreed that the show had become too sexual I knew I was doing the right thing. The funny thing is that most parents I talk to have a problem with the open homosexuality. I personally think they protray that story line in a very classy way. It shows just how difficult a high school teen's life is when dealing with the issues. It is the story line between the the two cheerleaders, Miranda and Brittney that is outrageous. These girls make out together and give eachother hickeys just because they are bored. They openly have sex with others for power, popularity and just because. My kids love the music but the show it just too inapporporate for the "family hour" . This show should be at 10pm. There is as much sex on this show as Grey's Anatomy.

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Adult
February 22, 2011
 
Everything has to be about sex these days...
Really don't like it, used to watch it in chorus class. I find it to be over-dramatic and over-sexual. It seems like the song and dance idea would be fine, but they have to get their sick kicks in and way too sexual.

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Parent of 2, 5, 6, and 9 year old
February 3, 2011
 
WAY too much teenage sexuality!
Many of my parent friends enjoy Glee, so I thought I'd give it a try. I rented the first disc of the first season from Netflix. I watched it alone, I figured even my 8 year old shouldn't watch it, since it's a series by the FOX network. I was shocked and dismayed by the content! WAY too much teenage sexuality. That whole part of the cheerleaders and boys grinding against balloons between each other, waiting for the balloon to pop was just way too gratuitous, even for me. I would be afraid that if my kids were high-school age and watched it, they would think that kind of behavior is o.k. I don't even want to watch that type of stuff. I stopped watching it halfway through that episode and returned the disc, and cancelled all the rest of the Glee discs from my queue. Not something I'll watch or EVER let my kids watch.

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Adult
September 28, 2010
 
Crappy show.
I used to love Glee. The wise cracks of Sue Sylvester, the awesome remakes of great songs, the outcasts that were cool. But the second season is way inappropriate. Way too much sex and bad messages. And it's also a dumb show now! It started getting a bit lamer in the second half of the first season. Now it just sucks. So, I don't recommend it at all.

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Adult
January 5, 2010
 
I love this show!! Its very addicting and they are all fantastic singers

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Parent of 13 year old
November 21, 2010
 
Neat little show about the troubles of high school
This show is rather smartly written and contains several messages that mean well. The music is rather good too. Younger kids probably won't even get it but those beginning to grow will find it rather helpful.

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Parent of 19 year old
September 10, 2009
 
shocked at the sexual references in last night show.
the first episode before summer was a little bad but the episode from last night was horrific. the sexual nature of the show was a 10 out of 10. and the fact that it is about high school students and geared toward them is terrible. the show was totally inappropriate. more than any show on primetime tv right now.

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Adult
November 10, 2010
 
Not meant for children!
Do other parents realize that this show is meant for teenagers? This isn't the Brady Bunch people! The show is about sex, drama, and music- which is what teenagers love! It is not a family sing-a-long! The outrage in my community about the same sex kiss is ridiculous! The show has a gay main character, anyone with even a remote understanding of stories could figure out that Kurt would get a boyfriend and as a progressive show highlighting the effects of homophobia that would have same sex kissing! Wake up people! The show has slutty cheerleaders, swearing, sex, drug use, teen pregnancy, and rock music! Stop complaining and become better parents with a clue!

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Parent of 3 and 4 year old
September 23, 2010
 
I love the show, but it's just like poop in the brownies, you love brownies, but there is poop in them, so you can't eat the brownies at all, because you don't know what part it's in.

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Parent of 3 and 5 year old
September 11, 2009
 
Sad the writers had to add sexual garbage to a cute show...
I enjoyed the music and dancing, however I was concerned with the sexual references through the entire show. I wish there could be a fun show that parents and their teenagers could enjoy TOGETHER. I would be embarrassed to watch it with my parents even now and would not want my kids (if they were teenagers) to watch it at all. I was sad because I was looking forward to it. Just think the show could be awesome if it had the same story-line without the crude comments and inuendos thrown in throughout the show.

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Parent of 11 year old
September 11, 2009
 
Raunchy, no morals show!
I was really hoping this show would be great with good music, but what I saw on the opener was horrible. I felt gross after watching it. I'll never watch this show again. It makes me sick that this is being packaged as a feel good underdog show, but is nothing but characters without morals. The sexual content was worse than some PG-13 movies I've seen. So sad, boo to Fox!!

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Parent of 12 year old
September 10, 2009
 
DO NOT let your tweens, or even 14 yr olds watch this show!
As a parent of a 10 yr old, who was thrilled with the idea of seeing a show about High Schooler's singing and dancing, I was apalled at the content of the show. This show is NOT to be aimed at even real high school kids. If this is REALLY the way things go in high school, I guess I will be home-schooling! This should be a 9pm Centra show, and not 8pm! Get real!

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Parent of 1, 3, 6, and 10 year old
September 18, 2011
 
Immorality reaches a whole new level of popularity
The popularity of this show scares me. The amount of blatant sex and sexual situations makes this show seems like something that should be on HBO or Showtime after 11pm. But worse than that is the overall immoral "anything goes" message the show puts out. I don't know who is worse, the adults or the teens. The current average recommended age for viewing is 13. I will attribute that to the decline of civilization.

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Parent of 17 year old
May 26, 2011
 
"Glee" makes me a little sad
The "Glee" kids are all stereotypes, with just one of each high school archetype. The bullying is shocking: slushee drinks are thrown in unpopular students' faces, the gay kid is thrown in a dumpster repeatedly, and these injustices are taken in stride. No one gets suspended, and the victims always have a wardrobe change stashed away, because this is a musical. The adults' behavior is no better: Sue, the cheerleading coach, is like the Devil testing "good guy" teacher Will Shuester. Even he shows terrible judgment. Sexual stereotypes are allowed to persist, even while the subjects of the episodes are *about* things like gender inequality. This is a fantasy, with a lot of risque behavior, poor judgment, and the use of diverse people as props supporting the main story lines, which are, as always, about the white, heterosexual kids' romances. Even the performances hold up an unrealistic standard: you can tell they're Autotuned. In a real glee club, you have to actually hit that note.

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Parent of 3 and 4 year old
February 9, 2011
 
"Fun show" for older teens and adults if you can ignore the bad influences.
I actually watch Glee myself... but it is completely inappropriate for high schoolers and younger. There are too many episodes that are completely based around relationships and sex, jealousy, revenge, divorce, scantily clad young girls, etc. While it may provide talking points for older teens to discuss these issues with their parents I would have to say this show is inappropriate for under 17.

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