Young Sheldon: parents' guide

Mostly verbal: threats from bullies and siblings, a mother vowing to beat up a rude churchgoer, and food thrown at dinner. Sheldon's dad punches a man offscreen and comes back with bloody knuckles.

Mild words such as hell, damn, ass, bastard and son of a bitch, the last said by a child at the dinner table. Insults like shut up and doofus are common; no s-words or f-words.

Early seasons stop at crushes and a teen's hidden girlie magazines. Later, a 17-year-old dates a 29-year-old woman who becomes pregnant, the couple pull over to have sex offscreen, Meemaw sleeps with her boyfriend, and Sheldon's father nearly has an affair with a neighbor.

Sheldon's dad often has a beer, and Meemaw drinks and smokes constantly. Teens smoke behind a shed, and in the final season Sheldon's sister throws a party with beer, shows up hungover at church and tries a cigarette. Drugs come up only in passing.

Nothing scary, but the final season turns on the sudden offscreen death of Sheldon's father from a heart attack, followed by a funeral and heavy grief. Earlier seasons include his milder heart attack and a tornado.