My 5 yo has recently discovered that there are other channels on the TV besides PBS, TLC, and PlayHouse Disney. This is the ONLY cartoon I let him watch that's geared to a school age audience. There's mild violence but no one inflicts deadly or life-threatening injuries (no getting squashed flat by anvils, for example). The bad guys are clearly bad and clearly not real. The heroes are occassionally in "peril" but the tension resolves quickly. The 3 characters work together and Firestar is not treated differently b/c she's a girl. All in all, pretty good for non-educational TV. My biggest issue is the commercials!