I wouldn't have any issues with a teenager watching BB. No sex or over the top violence (save for a severed head on a turtle), none of the violence or drug use is glorified, and being AMC there's not even that much foul language. It's pretty tame all things considered
I just finished a re-watch and there definitely are a bunch of sex scenes. Not much nudity though other than Walt's bare ass, if that's what you meant. Walt also does have a couple scenes where he attempts to sexually assault Skyler.
True, nothing over the top violent like heads ripped off Mortal Kombat style. But it's still pretty violent with Jesse getting his ass kicked frequently and some of the grizzly murders from some of the characters. Again, not Mortal Kombat violent, but it's there in spades. The drug use might not be 'glorified', but there's a ton of it being used on camera.
Don't know if I would call it tame, but I'd say it's right-on-the-fence for teen viewing.
Yeah, I would say it's probably fine for an older teen. 13 is still a fresh teenager so I typically try to keep his viewing to PG and tame PG-13.
It is a quality show though so that likely let me be a little less hard-lined about it.
12-13 was about the age where I kind of gave up. My kids self censor themselves a bit for things they are uncomfortable with. Maybe I'm a crappy, lazy dad, but they have too many devices and ways around to effectively monitor them anyway. It seems the kids with parents strict about those kind of things are doing way worse stuff than mine are, so who knows!
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12-13 was about the age where I kind of gave up. My kids self censor themselves a bit for things they are uncomfortable with. Maybe I'm a crappy, lazy dad, but they have too many devices and ways around to effectively monitor them anyway. It seems the kids with parents strict about those kind of things are doing way worse stuff than mine are, so who knows!
I'm a pretty similar parent so you're not alone. I haven't entirely given up so I still check in on what they're watching. I've watched a lot of stuff (probably too much) so I prefer to be able to talk to them about what they've watched, rather than stopping them from watching altogether.
My boys have a pretty good grasp on what's real and what's fantasy. The violence they've seen is typically unrealistic and they can disassociate themselves from it. Funny enough, my one son doesn't like war movies (like Saving Private Ryan) because he says they depict things that really happened.
Probably a conversation for another thread, but the sex they see on TV and movies is likely a bigger issue. I'm not a prude by any means but I think unrealistic expectations about sex and those relationships will have a bigger impact on their development and need to be a conversation you have with your kids.
12-13 was about the age where I kind of gave up. My kids self censor themselves a bit for things they are uncomfortable with. Maybe I'm a crappy, lazy dad, but they have too many devices and ways around to effectively monitor them anyway. It seems the kids with parents strict about those kind of things are doing way worse stuff than mine are, so who knows!
I grew up with one of those huge satellite dishes that got all the American channels, so I had unfiltered access to HBO and Cinemax. And my favorite movies as a teenager were slasher flicks, I also played a lot of violent video games. I like to think that stuff helped me easily differentiate between fantasy and reality, I seem to be pretty well adjusted
Except for those bodies in the basement...
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I'm a pretty similar parent so you're not alone. I haven't entirely given up so I still check in on what they're watching. I've watched a lot of stuff (probably too much) so I prefer to be able to talk to them about what they've watched, rather than stopping them from watching altogether.
My boys have a pretty good grasp on what's real and what's fantasy. The violence they've seen is typically unrealistic and they can disassociate themselves from it. Funny enough, my one son doesn't like war movies (like Saving Private Ryan) because he says they depict things that really happened.
Probably a conversation for another thread, but the sex they see on TV and movies is likely a bigger issue. I'm not a prude by any means but I think unrealistic expectations about sex and those relationships will have a bigger impact on their development and need to be a conversation you have with your kids.
That's kind of the thing about giving them some freedom in this area. They are willing to talk about what they're watching and you get a good feel if they are developing unhealthy attitudes towards things from it. The ones watching in secret and getting enthralled with the taboo of it all are often the ones who get themselves in trouble.
I started the re-watch at season 3. I feel like that's where most of the relevant stuff to the new season started. fyi, that Season 5 isn't on Netflix until Apr 4.
