One of my daughters and I recently binged Stranger Things and we loved it. It was a good bonding experience. It was nice to be able to watch without too much fear of something popping on the screen we weren't ready for. There was quite a bit of bad language but that's not a deal breaker for me.

We are trying to find a new show that we can watch together. Any suggestions? The new House on the Prarie?

One Piece.
Umbrella Academy.

My daughter and I watched the dark crystal Age of Resistance when she was that age. It was a fun "together" watch.

Have you tried Skeleton Crew on Disney+? Not sure if that show is a little young for 12 yr olds. Mine is 17 so I've lost my touch for younger age appropriate stuff.

I should add that we also watched the Goosebumps show(s) and we all really enjoyed that too.

Stranger Things too much for a 12 year old?

Demon Slayer - my daughter's favorite show
My Hero Academia

Avatar - The Last Airbender…original cartoon, not the live action

We are just 4 years away from when Ted Mosby started to tell his kids how he met their mother

S4E15 was just on TV, on second thought maybe wait a few years

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Barney Stinson: Oh, I am so relieved because the truth is I am as far from married as a human being can possibly be. My history with women would shock and appall you.

Loretta Stinson: Doesn't matter. I still love you.

Barney Stinson: Seriously, you can't imagine the things I've done.

Loretta Stinson: Barney, when you were three, I left you with a babysitter and spent three weeks with Grand Funk Railroad being passed around like a bong.

Barney Stinson: Mommy?

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Another vote for One Piece. I'll also add the Percy Jackson series on Disney.

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Outside of some cussing and a couple of makeout scenes it wasn't too bad. The "horror" aspect never seemed to frighten her and she routinely wanted to sit down and watch it.

Mine also really enjoyed Stranger Things and wanted something similar to watch together. We started Widow's Bay. A bit more cursing than ST and leans a little more into horror, but he's enjoyed it.

Also One Piece.

Requiem for a Dream

I've watched

Stranger Things
Lost
Glee
Outer Banks
Riverdale
Malcolm in the Middle
Young Sheldon

with my kids in the last 3 years (ages 12-14)

Squid Game

Cobra Kai - after the movies of course

Have boys, but aside from ST and CK we did the following from 12 to 14.

24
Resident Alien
Lost
Thinking about ER next but not sure it'll hold their attention. The Pitt would, but that show has a few too many scenes that cross my relatively lenient parental threshold.

I have enjoyed watching the original Wonder Years with my kids as they went through MS and HS. Unlike some of the ones I'll write below, they would not watch without me. These others they would get into and would watch without me.

Some others:
Little House on the Prairie
Smallville
Gilmore Girls
Percy Jackson
Covers Kai

Also, The first 3 seasons of Camp Cretaceous were outstanding if they enjoyed Jurassic Park at all. It's about 6 kids basically surviving the JP experience. Then about midway through season 4, it gets a bit too techy, and worse, they have to start doing relationships. Season 4 ends with a boy-girl relationship that just changes the tone on the show, and then season 5, Netflix adds a lesbian relationship. So we were barely watching going into 5, and those relationship story lines just killed us off.
It was fun when 6 kids are saving each other from raptors and t Rex. It was awkward and boring when two thirds of those kids are now discussing romantic feelings for each other.

Currently watching The Wonder Years and the whole family is really enjoying it.

Creeped Out - Netflix (black mirror for kids)
Sulfur Springs - Disney+ (time travel, haunted house mystery, missing kids)
Dive In - I think Netflix (pretty girls part of a dive club help find their missing friend)
The Good Son is on Netflix - Kevin McCallister breaks bad

Percy Jackson
Wednesday

I was older than your daughter when it came out, but I loved Alias. That was must-see tv for me in the early 2000s. I've never gone back and re-watched it, so I can't say for sure how it holds up.

Bone Tomahawk

My 12 and 10 year olds are currently watching The Goldbergs with me. I'm Gen X so the 80s nostalgia is fantastic and it's been fun explaining it to them.

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Creeped Out - Netflix (black mirror for kids)
Sulfur Springs - Disney+ (time travel, haunted house mystery, missing kids)
Dive In - I think Netflix (pretty girls part of a dive club help find their missing friend)
The Good Son is on Netflix - Kevin McCallister breaks bad

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I watched this with my girls a couple of weeks ago. Man, this is a bad movie. We were laughing constantly.

CharleyKerfeld said:

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Btron said:

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Creeped Out - Netflix (black mirror for kids)
Sulfur Springs - Disney+ (time travel, haunted house mystery, missing kids)
Dive In - I think Netflix (pretty girls part of a dive club help find their missing friend)
The Good Son is on Netflix - Kevin McCallister breaks bad

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I watched this with my girls a couple of weeks ago. Man, this is a bad movie. We were laughing constantly.

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Ah its not that bad. Some pretty solid kid acting at least. Elijah and Culkin is like clash of the titans.

Good recent Rewatchables podcast on it.