I also do not remember any characters who hadn't had sex in the show or at least discussed having sex. I don't remember one episode that didnt talk about sex. SPOILER ALERT: I think this show is all about sex and how is the epitome of being cool in high school. My niece and I stopped watching the show together after they got into the whole masturbation thing because it just became way too uncomfortable for her to watch it with me and the feeling was quite mutual on my end. I can't imagine any teenager wanting their parents in on their masturbation habits and I don't think that is something that parents themselves want to know about and discuss with their kids, but ABC Family knew no limits in this show and that can make for some extremely uncomfortable moments if you are attempting to watch this show as a family as it is not a family show and it does take the open dialogue thing to the extreme. ![]() ABC Family is trying to encourage open dialogue about sex between parents and their kids, but this was absolutely absurd. Then Grace goes upstairs (presumably after announcing to her entire family of what she's about to do since even her brother was aware of the fact that she was masturbating up there) and does her thing, after which she then proceeds to come downstairs with the biggest smile on her face to give her mother a report on her masturbation session. When Grace didn't express knowledge as far as how to masturbate, her mother instructed her on how to do it. That was awkward to watch with my 13 year old niece, but the tip of the iceberg came when Grace's mother had to sit down with her constantly-horny daughter and encourage her to masturbate as a way to alleviate her sexual urges. Use a condom and your birth control pills and call it a day already. Why you gotta drag your mom into this so frequently? You're 16. Like, just practice safe sex and shut the hell up already. Personally, I thought that if she had to ask her mother's permission to have sex, then clearly she wasn't mature enough to have sex. One notable character is Grace, the Christian girl in the series, who was constantly asking her mother for permission to have sex. All the characters talk incessantly about sex with their parents. They are trying to encourage an open dialogue about sex between teenagers and their parents in order to help prevent teenage pregnancy, but I think they took it to the extreme. I understand what ABC Family is trying to do here. If your child has not learned about sex yet, this show would not be okay for them. Overall, your 12 or 13 year old would probably find this show very entertaining and it is overall appropriate in terms of very little swearing, no drugs or alcohol use, but it talks about sex way too much- literally in every episode you will hear the word "sex" a minimum of 20 times. I will give the casting director credit for creating a very diverse cast group, which includes characters with disabilities, different races and sexual orientations- especially for it being produced in 2008 when diversity was not as common on television. There are good messages surrounding teen pregnancy, sexual assault and teen dating/relationships but there are other shows that discuss these topics in better ways than this show. As a teenager, and even as an adult, I would NEVER discuss sex with my parents in the way these teens do with their families. ![]() It portrays very unrealistic relationships between teens and their parents- the parents and teens talk about sex WAY to much together and in way too much detail. ![]() Now, rewatching as an adult, I realize how bad the acting and the story line is. ![]() It felt like everything that I wanted to be sending into the world.I first watched this show in 2008 when I was 13 and I found it very entertaining and was addicted to it. I had friends in high school who were pregnant. "When I signed onto Secret Life, I read episodes and I signed a contract for six years. I can only speak through my experience with sex," she shared. In a 2020 interview with Bustle, Shailene reflected on her time on the series. Helmed by the creators of 7th Heaven, The Secret Life of the American Teenager aired 121 episodes before ending its six-season run in 2013. Complicating matters? Since their experience, they had both begun dating other classmates. In the series, Shailene played Amy, a 15-year-old who becomes pregnant after having sex for the first time with the most popular boy in school Ricky Underwood ( Daren Kagasoff). This American teenager now has a 15-year-old.īefore Shailene Woodley starred in Big Little Lies and was engaged to Aaron Rodgers, she was the lead of ABC Family's drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which premiered on July 1, 2008.
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