 | ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | PAUSE: Know your child; some content may not be right for some kids. |
 | OFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age. |
 | NOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age. |
Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls
- The Hub
- Genre: Reality TV
Common Sense Media says
Kids redo each other's rooms in fun series.
Parents say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that, taking off from the Trading Spaces phenomenon, this kid-friendly show has teams of boys and girls redecorate each other's rooms with the help of carpenters and designers. The best part of each episode is seeing how the kids try to make the rooms reflect their occupant's personalities, using wonderful insight into their likes and dislikes. The gender stereotypes are kept to a minimum, and the end results are very happy.
What's the story?
Two boys and two girls get the chance to redecorate each other's rooms, making them into reflections of their owner's personalities. As they work, the kids have to compete in various challenges, often involving vast quantities of messy goop (usually pink for girls and blue for boys, but that's the limit of the gender stereotyping). They are aided in their renovations by carpenters and designers (and again care is taken in the genders here; there are female carpenters and male decorators) and by a team of "labor savers," silent folks in hazmat suits who can be won in the challenges to help with the grunt work.
Is it any good?
It's fun to watch the kids figure out what interests the rooms should reflect and the results -- from a lawnmower bed to an art gallery of pet portraits -- are fun and lively. The results are amazing, and though parents may wonder how long a kid will like sleeping in a wizard's lair before asking for something different, the kids end up delighted and feeling incredibly accomplished.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about making over your kid's room. Together you could brainstorm creative (and inexpensive) ways to make your child's room reflect his or her interests and personality.
Kids: Why is it so important for kids' rooms to reflect who they are?
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Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls
Sexual Content (Not an Issue): None.
Violence (Not an Issue): None.
Language (Not an Issue): None.
Social Behavior (On): Kids give their friends' rooms makeovers.
Commercialism (Not an Issue): None.
Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco (Not an Issue): None.
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PLEASE!!!
I really want to be on the show!!! It looks like fun and it's cool how they change rooms. But how do you enter???
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I think the show is mostly okay, I just don't like the boys vs. girls part of it. I don't really like the idea of boys and girls trying to prove that they are the better gender, and I know that this show doesn't really talk about that, it's just something that the title alludes to...
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perfect for all ages
I think the show should come back it was a thing me and my now older sister still watch it it is an epic i wish it was back on the air i wouldn't mind being on it
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I WANT MY ROOM DONE NOW!!!!!! PLEASE:)
Love it!!!! i really want to be on the show my room is boring it looks like i am a kindergardener....... I alredy have the people that could do it with me!!!!!
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I lauged...and got really interested
I love to watch Trading Spaces Boys vs Girls! I love to see the ideas they come up with and love some of the things they put into the room.Like in Luis vs. Amara. I loved the wall they put up. It was so cool! Another thing i liked was the chair. That was AWSOME! I love to see what their rooms looked like before and after. It is so cool! I would love to be on the show!
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| Topics: | book characters |
| TV rating: | TV-Y7 |
| Network: | The Hub |
| Genre: | Reality TV |
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