We love this show! Max and Ruby have a great relationship. Ruby can be a little bossy, and what older sister isn't? She is always patient with Max even though she often doesn't understand what he is trying to do. My daughter loves how mischievous Max is and finds him very funny. While I have noticed the parents are not in this show, they are in a family picture that is sometimes in the background, so they do exist. I think the show's focus is more on the sibling relationship. I think people are a little too concerned about it. It's a cartoon with talking bunnies... it doesn't have to completely follow reality.

Though my kids enjoy this show, I find it annoying and I don't like the message it sends across. Ruby is supposed to be max's older sister, but she is clearly the one in charge of him as there are no parents in the picture (which I find somewhat disturbing because I would guess ruby is supposed to be around 7 or 8 years old). The whole show is based around max disobeying ruby as he attempts to communicate to her what he wants. Then it always ends with max ironically getting his way. The only reason I occasionally allow this show I. The house is because I use it as an example of how max is being naughty by disobeying ruby and how he could get hurt by not listening. Now at least my kids see that max disobeys ruby a lot and that is bad.

I think Max is a brat who often disobeys his sister, and sometimes wanders off on his own - not a good role model, in my opinion. After watching one episode, my 2 1/2 year old walked around in a monosyllabic trance for the rest of the night, saying "popsicle" over and over imitating Max. It was very annoying. Just like the show. itself.

I think it is a *good* show for my 2yo. It helps children to solve problems on their own...it also shows older children 5+ how to be patient with their toddler siblings. Not great...but not bad either

It is clear that Max and Ruby do not have parents. Their grandmother lives down the street and Ruby is always at home taking care of Max all alone. I'm starting to believe that Max is Rubys son. Television shows for children should portray an ideal realistic life not a pre-teen rabbit constantly taking care of her brother/ son day and night. Max and Rubys parents should be present the negative message being sent is that its ok to be home alone without your parents 24/7

'm just waiting for Max to learn how to say more than one word at a time so he can say "You're not the boss of me." You know how Nick Jr. does that thing where they talk about the "benefits" of watching the show ("Move and groove with us", "Develop social skills through caring and sharing", etc.). Do they have one of those for Max and Ruby? ("Learn to nag and be condescending without parental oversight while squashing the initiative of your younger siblings, especially those with limited vocabularies"). Maybe? Probably not...

I don't think that max and ruby is a good show for young children i really feel that no one needs to watch it im babysitting a 6 year old for the summer and he just HAS to watch it everyday and I've noticed on the show how ruby minipulates max. Max is also very sneaky and never receives any discipline this teaches kids that if the do something bad they wont get punished. I think kids try to apply this to real life and it just causes a lot of problems for them.

This show does show the consequences of misbehavior, but it has always bothered me that they depict Ruby, 8, as the parent to Max, 3, and grandma only shows up occasionally. I feel that the lack of parents encourages children's defiance at an early age because Ruby is independent.