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‘Alaskan Bush People’: It May Be Fake, But It Is Family Friendly

By Alycia Ancell
Published on: 04:38 PST, Jul 17, 2016

As a freelance writer focusing mainly on television shows, there has been more than one occasion where I have had to quickly place the show I am watching on pause and tell my children they aren’t allowed to be in the room while mommy is watching this show. As I was watching the season finale of Alaskan Bush People yesterday, two of my three kids were on the living room floor playing a game on their Kindles. This is when it dawned on me, Alaskan Bush People may be incredibly fake and scripted, but it is family friendly.

It was during the scene where the Brown family was attempting to move Gabe’s shack up the shore towards Browntown that something caught my children’s eye. They put down their Kindles, turned and faced the TV, and watched in earnest as the family first attempted to move the house by hand. My knee-jerk reaction was to tell them they could not watch the show, but before the words exited my mouth, I managed to stop and think to myself, “Why can’t they?” Being old enough to understand the difference between real and scripted, all I would have to do is explain to them that Alaskan Bush People is not entirely based on truth, but the family is real, and sometimes they really are in the wilderness, at least for filming purposes.

As far as a rating goes for kids, though, I would say maybe PG. Honestly, I think I could give the show a G rating if the issue of alcohol had not recently been addressed, and even then, the Browns talked about alcohol in a negative manner. Alaskan Bush People contains no nudity or sexual content, the family doesn’t use profane language, there is no violence, and they quite often discuss God. I suppose the latter could be a negative for some, but it doesn’t pose a problem in our household. The Brown family also has a very strong sense of family unity, even when some of the family members don’t always get along.

I ran out of reasons to tell them they couldn’t watch the show and watched them, instead of Alaskan Bush People, as they intently focused on the Brown family trying to pull the shack upland. As we reached a commercial and I had to quickly fast forward through a promo for Naked and Afraid XL, my kids went back to their Kindles. As soon as I reached the show again, the Kindles went back on the carpet and they turned back to the TV to see what was going to happen next. It kind of shocked me to see how interested they were in Alaskan Bush People.

At the very least, Alaskan Bush People is a show that we can watch together as a family. Without the fear of vulgar language or nudity randomly popping up, the most I have to worry about is my kids trying to emulate Noah, or that when they are old enough to grow facial hair they will try to copy Gabe’s horrible Wolverine chops. At the very least, they could learn some random skills, like the pulley system or the Egyptian Railroad, and use them later in life.

How do you feel about Alaskan Bush People as a family show? Setting any thoughts aside on whether or not the show is real or completely scripted, do you feel Alaskan Bush People is family friendly? Leave your feedback in the comments below, and check with the Inquisitr for the official air date of Season 6 of the Alaskan Bush People.

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