# Parental Guidance (Australian TV series)

Parental Guidance is an Australian parenting reality series hosted by Ally Langdon and parenting expert Dr Justin Coulson, which premiered on the Nine Network on 1 November 2021.

## Format

The series features several different families each having different parenting styles. In each episode, the participants compete in several parenting challenges to determine which is the best parenting style.
In the first season of the series, there are ten families who have different styles. In the second season, there are 12 parents, which go through the parenting challenges in groups of 4.

## Production

The series is produced by Eureka Productions and was created by Chris Culvenor. It was originally announced at Nine Entertainment's 2021 upfront on 16 September 2020 to be titled The Parent Jury with Supernanny host Jo Frost. However, due to restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Frost was unable to travel for filming and the series proceeded without her, with the series being retitled to Parental Guidance.
Auditions for a second season were opened in January 2022, which was renewed in September 2022. and debuted on 5 June 2023. It aired throughout June 2023.
Auditions for a third season in 2025 were opened in October 2024, after it was announced in September 2023, that the series would possibly return for a third season in 2024.

## Families
### Season 1

| Family | No. of children | Parenting style | Hometown | Group |
| Andrew & Miriam | 3 | Strict | NSW | A |
| Liadhan & Richard | 5 | Nature | SA | A |
| Lara & Andrew | 2 | Attachment | Victoria | A |
| Brett & Tony | 4 | Routine | Victoria | A |
| Yann & Donna | 1 | French | NSW | A |
| Kevin & Debbie | 2 | Tiger | NSW | B |
| Deb | 6 | Home School | Queensland | B |
| Rachel & Sam | 2 | Helicopter | Queensland | B |
| Penny & Daniel | 3 | Free Range | NSW | B |
| Rob & Sioux | 2 | Disciplined | SA | B |

### Season 2

| Family | No. of children | Parenting style | Hometown |
| Amy & John | 3 | Road school parenting | Echuca |
| Kat & Jonathon | 2 | Influencer parenting | Gold Coast |
| Larissa & Marcus | 4 | Gentle parenting | Adelaide |
| Sammy & Jason | 4 | Lighthouse parenting | Gold Coast |
| Tency & David | 3 | Outback parenting | Mareeba |
| Kat | 2 | Honest parenting | Adelaide |
| Kajal & Deepak | 2 | Spiritual parenting | Sydney |
| Sarah & Shane | 3 | Stage parenting | Sydney |
| Mark & Leanne | 6 | Team parenting | Sydney |
| Philippa & Chris | 3 | Slow style parenting | Cairns |
| Kim & Nick | 1 | American parenting | Brisbane |
| Melody & Michael | 3 | Unstructured parenting | Brisbane |

## International versions

| Country | Local name | Network | Presenter(s) | Airdate |
| United States | The Parent Test | American Broadcasting Company | Ali Wentworth Adolph Brown | 15 December 2022 |

## Ratings
### Season 1 (2021)

| No. in series | No. in season | Original airdate | Viewers |
| 1 | 1 | 1 November 2021 | 629,000 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 November 2021 | 547,000 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 November 2021 | 536,000 |
| 4 | 4 | 8 November 2021 | 604,000 |
| 5 | 5 | 9 November 2021 | 520,000 |
| 6 | 6 | 10 November 2021 | 517,000 |
| 7 | 7 | 14 November 2021 | 487,000 |
| 8 | 8 | 15 November 2021 | 481,000 |
| 9 | 9 | 16 November 2021 | 478,000 |

### Season 2 (2023)

| No. in series | No. in season | Original airdate | Viewers |
| 10 | 1 | 5 June 2023 | 511,000 |
| 11 | 2 | 6 June 2023 | 433,000 |
| 12 | 3 | 12 June 2023 | 445,000 |
| 13 | 4 | 13 June 2023 | 420,000 |
| 14 | 5 | 18 June 2023 | 375,000 |
| 16 | 7 | 19 June 2023 | 398,000 |
| 17 | 8 | 20 June 2023 | 411,000 |

## Reception

Bridget McManus of The Age said, "Despite the conflict and the competition format, Coulson insists Parental Guidance is not designed to judge or shame."