violence

I agree that Family Guy can be somewhat violet, but you have to admit that it's hilarious! If I had young children, I definitely wouldn't let them watch it. I'd say age 11 and up. It's not as though Family Guy is the worst thing they could watch.

It is a cartoon, so it should be okay. If the kid is too young to see that it isn't real then they shouldn't be around it but probably 10 and up should be a good enough age. If it is a problem after that then it is probably the parents' fault, which wouldn't surprise me since parenting in this country, or atleast where I am from, has gone down the tube.

Considering the other programming they have had I wouldn't say it is all that violent. I think a lot of it is mild. But I don't have children so I really can't say how a child would react to it. However I grew up on Simpsons and Homer choking Bart all the time and I turned out okay...I think?

I don't think kids should watch it unsupervised. (Young ones not teenagers.) If they have questions you should be able to answer them. It's a good example of telling them that it isn't real.

It is NOT a childrens cartoon! It airs around 10.30pm here in Australia once a week on free to air television, which I think is appropriate. The problem is parents that do not monitor or care about what their children are watching these days. I heard an 8 year old on the radio this afternoon saying he was just about to watch a horror movie with his family. I think this is irresponsibility on the parents behalf. I wouldn't really call The Simpsons a childrens cartoon either, but this airs every single night during dinner time (6pm). No wonder society is such a mess.....