Pay It Forward

Despite the fact that far more time is spent on issues like alcoholism and spousal and child abuse rather than showing more of the positive ramifications of the idea of "paying it forward," the idea of practicing random acts of kindness is discussed and sometimes shown. 

Character mortally wounded, stabbed to death, blood. Bullying -- boys knock down, kick, punch, and throw a boy into a dumpster. A mother slaps her son hard in the face in a moment of anger. A man talks of the physical abuse he received from his father, which resulted in the burn scars on his face and chest. A woman stands on the edge of a bridge on the verge of committing suicide. A man shatters the window of a store and steals a radio. A woman pulls a shotgun on a homeless man her son has let sleep in her garage. 

Frequent profanity. The "N" word used once. "Bulls--t," "bitch," "d--khead," "ass," "goddamn," "a--hole," "rat bastard," tween boy uses the word "s--t" on several occasions. A tween calls a bully a "fag." 

Characters struggle with drug and alcohol addictions. A woman who is trying to stop drinking hides bottles of vodka in her house and drinks when stressed. Beer and alcohol drinking in bars. Marijuana smoking. A character is addicted to heroin, with track marks on his arm. Cigarette smoking.