7. Not a Father's Day
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How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S4 E7 OK for kids?

7. Not a Father's Day

When Lily and Marshall contemplate making the life-changing decision to have a baby, Lily turns to Ted and Robin for advice and their very different points of view on the issue.

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 12+

How I Met Your Mother S4 E7, “7. Not a Father's Day”, scores 2/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 12+. When Lily and Marshall contemplate making the life-changing decision to have a baby, Lily turns to Ted and Robin for advice and their very different points of view on the issue.

Across the episode we counted 10 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (1); Swearing (1); Alcohol & drugs (3). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 3 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E7:

  • What do you mean you're gonna be a dad? How did, how did this happen? It was just some girl I hook up with a few weeks back.
  • Brother, lay your hand on this box of condoms and repeat after me.
  • Hey, do you want to go have completely protected sex right now? I do.

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E7:

  • What are you looking at? I am looking at the future of our two companies, and it looks very naked.

Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E7:

  • It appears to be some sort of Asian hooker.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E7:

  • We made all of these arguments, and a sock is what makes your decision for you? I guess that was the sock-out punch, huh, Robin? Shut up, Dad.

Swearing 1 moment

How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E7:

  • That bitch be drunk.

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E7:

  • But you'd better not be as uptight as these idiots about me shooting beer cans on the roof.
  • Would you excuse me just for a brief second? Did anyone else see the drunk chick? Hey, you guys didn't have to It's a picture of me with no kids.
  • Oh, let's rob a liquor store! Lily, we're not going anywhere, okay? Whenever we go somewhere when you're drunk, you always fall asleep as soon as we get in the We're going dancing!

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.