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Wish I meant my title in a good way. It has been years since I attempted to watch this movie with my (then) small children. It haunts me to this day (just popped into my head out of nowhere AGAIN), so I need to get my feelings out!

I can deal with a low budget film, nameless actors, a lame storyline.

Combine all that with horrible music and looped scenes that go on FOREVER, and voila, a mother's insanity is born.

Thankfully my kiddos were not impressed, either, and we didn't have to finish it, or try to watch it again.

I admire their ability to move on like it never happened and hope someday I can do the same.

Ok, so all these Christmas movies are predictable and full of acting hopefuls, right? And come November there is a need to saturate the airways and streaming services because some people like to play these movies 24/7 for the season. I can't say as my expectations are all that high, but at the same time, it is insulting they're not even trying. No one is trying to make a classic, no one seems to care if you ever watch the movie again, which is evident in the lame, plotless 90 minutes (I need to go, ok I won't, ok I will, ok I won't, end movie). No one cares to create a setting that's coherent with the story (i.e. this literally brand new cabin their greats supposedly built a hundred years ago (or so)). No action, no drama, and of course the actors aren't really tv-movie ready. Eh, it's something to play in the background while you bake, but no need to pause while you use the restroom.

Children's movies/shows are rated PG for mild humor and action sequences. This show makes reference to sex in literally every single episode. Storyline alone, sure, could be PG. But the word sex is obscenely consistent in all dialogue: you have a 16 yr old girl in her underwear lying in bed with her boyfriend, presumably after sex, references to make-up sex, sex on the radio show, who had sex with who, in addition to the ongoing multitude of relationships where they end up in bed together... I am actually amazed at how they've incorporated so much sex into a show about a teen finding her parents.

To be more clear the sex is not graphic like the newer shows! Just always there.

I know I am seeing the show years after its tv life... but I'm living the Netflix life, and the quest for appropriate young-teen and pre- teen material is never ending. As an adoptee I thought this would be a cool show... and though it's enjoyable in a general sense, I watch it without the kids around.