Wondering if Season 3 of All American on Netflix is ok for kids? All American is rated TV-14 for language, drug use, and mature content. There are a lot of redeeming qualities to All American, however, there’s also a lot of heavy themes for tweens and teens. Here’s what parents need to know in this All American Parents Guide.
All American Parents Guide
When a rising high school American football player from South L.A. is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High, the wins, losses and struggles of two families from vastly different worlds—Crenshaw and Beverly Hills—begin to collide. Inspired by the life of pro football player Spencer Paysinger.
In Season 3, Spencer deals with the fallout of returning back to Crenshaw. The team isn’t quite what he thought it would be. Plus there’s also a fallout from what happened in Vegas. Spencer’s group continues to go through a lot and deal with it together. But when they betray each other, can the friendships last?
Language
All American is on the CW, so things don’t get too crazy, but there is profanity like sh**, a**, and bit*h.
Mature Content
Although the main characters are in high school, they do very adult things. It’s kind of like the football Outer Banks, but without the mystery solving. Characters are shot, they go to Vegas unsupervised, there is drug addiction, alcohol addiction, racism, unplanned pregnancy, teen sex, adoption, and bullying.
There is sexual content but no nudity.
Is All American Appropriate for Kids Under 14?
All American is like a soap opera for teens, but the characters do suffer consequences for their actions. The parents are involved in their lives and help them navigate through good and bad choices. There are some definite life lessons to be learned, and ones that would be good discussed as a family.
Some kids may not be able to distinguish between dramatic embellishment and what age appropriate actions are, but as long as they have guidance, it’s hard not to root for the characters in this series.
