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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Common Sense Media Age 6

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
Two very different families who live next door to each other learn to get along and to become friends. A father who pushes sports and competition on his son learns to love his son for who he is rather than who he wants him to be.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Sex
Language
"Hell." Some name-calling between children such as "wimp."
Consumerism
This is part of the Honey series, which includes movies, a TV series, and a Disney ride. Characters are shown trying to sleep inside a LEGO piece. A character is shown swimming in a bowl of Cheerios and using a Cheerio as a life preserver. A wife removes a pack of Camel cigarettes from the front pocket of her husband's shirt.
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
A father smokes cigarettes. His wife removes a pack of Camel cigarettes from his front shirt pocket. Adult characters drink wine at dinner but do not act intoxicated.
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