I love this TV show! I dont see any concerns other than the fact that there is some drinking.
One Tree Hill
(Rated TV-PG, Drama, Starring Chad Michael Murray, Sophia Bush, James Lafferty, Where to watch: CW, DVD, Online)
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Common Sense says
Teen soap has all the questionable ingredients.
Themes in this show include: dating/crushes, family relationships, friendship, peer pressure
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 14–16
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of One Tree Hill was written by Elliot Panek and Betsy Wallace
Parents need to know that this soapy drama includes frank discussions about sex and divorce -- which have both been a staple of the show. These subjects are treated very seriously, but their prevalence implies that most (if not all) teens have sex and come from broken homes. The female characters are sexually empowered -- some seek sex, others choose to wait.
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- Families can talk about the various subjects touched on throughout the series, inlcuding sex, the emotions and responsibilities associated with being in romantic and familial relationships, forgiveness, and how much slack you should allow a person in a relationship.
- What are some ways to repair relationships with friends? Do kids get the impression that this is a realistic portrayal of high school?
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What’s the Story?
The premise of ONE TREE HILL could have been borrowed from Dickens: Brothers who grew up separately, their father denying the existence of one, end up as stars of the same high school basketball team. Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) grew up poor, raised by a sweet but downtrodden single mother. Nathan (James Lafferty) grew up wealthy and pampered. Now they compete for athletic stardom, girls, and the right to wear the family name "Scott," even though they both hate their overbearing father. The ladies of One Tree Hill are Peyton (Hilarie Burton), who is often caught between the two half-brothers; boy-obsessed cheerleader Brooke (Sophia Bush), and Lucas's best pal Haley (Bethany Joy Lenz), who tries to balance friends, her music and Nathan. As is often the case with teen dramas each season brings the changing of flings and crushes.
Is It Any Good?
One Tree Hill isn't without its core of melodrama. The themes can be inconsistent, including episodes that show the brothers slowly coming to accept one another ... but then, while playing the drinking game "I Never" at a party, Nathan says to Lucas, "I never had a dad who wished I was a stain on the mattress." All too often, the progress in the growth of the characters is halted and the series continuously proves it is lacking the skill (and class) to move beyond the continuous rich vs. poor theme.
Parents and adult characters are developed and often play a central role, which is refreshing. As many things that are wrong with the series, parents might find themselves tuning in with their teens -- and using the topics for a conversation starter.
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
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- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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- Good role models
My favorite show
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I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
Good show, silly parents
I'm 16, live in Denmark, and I really don't see what all the drama is about younger kids watching this show. So they drink, they IMPLY that they have sex, there's occasional drug references-really? The truth is TV isn't going to make kids do any of these things and it's not that big a deal if they do. Ok, obviously harder drugs are a problem but Americans need to get over this whole drinking and sex phobia. If you actually taught kids over there responsibilty with these things, then it wouldn't be a problem. My only issue with the show is that it's unrealistic.
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
Good show, stupid parents
I'm 16, live in Denmark, and I really don't see what all the drama is about younger kids watching this show. So they drink, they IMPLY that they have sex, there's occasional drug references-really? The truth is TV isn't going to make kids do any of these things and it's not that big a deal if they do. Ok, obviously harder drugs are a problem but Americans need to get over this whole drinking and sex phobia. If you actually taught kids over there responsibilty with these things, then it wouldn't be a problem.
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I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
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- Good role models
Good show for anyone in high school
I've been watching this show since I was nine and I've completely understood it almost all the way through, However, I'm not a very good person to base what you let your kids watch. I would however recommend this show for anyone in high school. As far as the language and the pressures and the rich and the poor and the twisted situations and the problems the characters have at home go, the show is pretty realistic. As a side note, they should update their T.V reviews because the main characters in tree hill haven't been in high school for the past two seasons
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I rate this title on for age 15 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
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i love this show ,but it does have some stuff kids 12 and under shouldn't watch or think about doing like havimg sex or drinking
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