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Dino adventures are a sweet celebration of family.
Parents need to know that Dino Ranch is about a family that lives on a dude ranch, except that they're managing dinosaurs instead of livestock. The show features a racially diverse adoptive family, and all of the characters are great role models. There's a moderate amount of scariness as the family deals with…
Moderate scariness in dinosaur-related adventures. Some moments where characters
Sex, Romance & Nudity Not present Language Not present Products & Purchases Not present Drinking, Drugs & Smoking Not presentCharacters demonstrate positive behavior, and the episode plots help kids learn
Positive Role ModelsThe show has excellent representation with a racially diverse adoptive family. T
Educational ValueEach episode teaches a different social-emotional episode about teamwork, persis
Moderate scariness in dinosaur-related adventures. Some moments where characters are in a bit of danger and some semi-threatening dinosaurs, but never enough that it seems like the kids are going to get hurt. There's also some mild slapstick violence, for example where a bucking dinosaur sends a kid high up into the air and he lands on the ground in a cartoonish heap.
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Characters demonstrate positive behavior, and the episode plots help kids learn a social-emotional lesson.
The show has excellent representation with a racially diverse adoptive family. The representation would be even stronger if the episodes talked more explicitly about the kids being adopted, and mentioned the characters' racial backgrounds by name. The characters all make good choices and model positive behavior.
Each episode teaches a different social-emotional episode about teamwork, persistence, and more. There's some light dinosaur-related learning too (though humans and dinosaurs are alive at the same time, so there are some factual inaccuracies).
Parents need to know that Dino Ranch is about a family that lives on a dude ranch, except that they're managing dinosaurs instead of livestock. The show features a racially diverse adoptive family, and all of the characters are great role models. There's a moderate amount of scariness as the family deals with problems on the ranch, though it never seems like any characters are about to get hurt. Parents of young dino fans should consider their child's sensitivity to things like loud, sometimes aggressive dinosaurs and scenes where human kids are in a bit of danger.
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Based on 15 parent reviews
January 27, 2022This show is absolutely empty. No lessons, no information on dinosaurs, nothing. My youngest, (2) started watching this on Disney+ and once I saw it I had to block the show from him because it's a pure time waster. It seems the show was made just to sell products. I'd recommend Octonauts over this as its actually informational and has actual lessons. I'd even recommend Rainbow High or Bluey instead.
maglin13 Parent of 5-year-old September 14, 2023Each episode wraps up with the lesson learned by the young ranchers, who are adopted siblings. Neighboring ranchers sometimes make trouble unnecessarily, but it’s resolved and lessons are theoretically learned.
Past meets present in Dino Ranch, a dude ranch where the Cassidy family takes care of dinosaurs instead of livestock. Ma (Jane) and Pa (Bo) live with their three adopted kids on Dino Ranch. Jon is a confident cowboy, Min is an aspiring dinosaur doctor, and Miguel is the resident gadget inventor. Every day on the ranch brings new challenges, whether it's training a young Pachycephalosaurus not to head butt all the other dinosaurs, or finding the antidote to help a sick Brontosaurus who ate a poisonous plant. The Cassidy kids have to work together with their parents to overcome the obstacles of ranch life, while having dino-sized fun along the way.
Dino Ranch will delight dinosaur-obsessed kids, but less prehistorically-inclined kids may find the show somewhat lackluster (and grown-ups may wonder why in the world there are dinosaurs on a ranch). Looking past that inaccuracy, the dinosaur ranch conceit is pretty fun. Viewers will especially love seeing the human kids taking care of adorable baby dinosaurs and engaging in wild-west lassoing antics atop of dinosaurs. All sorts of cool dinosaurs are showcased in the stories, so there's a bit of educational content sprinkled throughout.
The episodes do a good job of highlighting social-emotional lessons, but the family members are such unrealistically perfect role models it makes the storylines feel less real and the takeaways less potent. Also, the pro-social messages are more aimed at preschool kids, and some of the dinosaur adventures may be too scary for that age group. It's wonderful that this show is making an effort at diverse representation, but it would be even stronger if the episodes talked more explicitly about the kids being adopted and mentioned the characters' cultural backgrounds by name.
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