A Solar Calculator, a Game Ball and a Cheerleader's Bosom
🎞️ S1 E5 ✅ Mild

Young Sheldon

Is Young Sheldon S1 E5 OK for kids?

A Solar Calculator, a Game Ball and a Cheerleader's Bosom

Sheldon struggles with newfound popularity after utilizing statistics to help the football team.

📺 Where to watch

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

Mild — okay from about 8+

Young Sheldon S1 E5, “A Solar Calculator, a Game Ball and a Cheerleader's Bosom”, scores 2/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 8+. Sheldon struggles with newfound popularity after utilizing statistics to help the football team.

Across the episode we counted 2 flagged moments in 1 themes: Violence & injury (2). 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.

Parents need to know

Age 8+

Violence, mild language, mild violence in live-action sitcom.

Parents need to know that Young Sheldon S1 E5, "A Solar Calculator, a Game Ball and a Cheerleader's Bosom", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for the mildest of the rewatch shelf. Occasional wine/beer mentions in adult scenes, rare mild profanity, and infrequent body-image jokes (fat-shaming). Most episodes are gentle family sitcom fare. Preview episodes rated 3+ if your family is navigating weight or self-image conversations. Scores low: the strongest thing we found is violence & injury (moderate, in dialogue). Violence is mild but includes Has everyone lost their mind? He's a little boy, Tam! - Good night! - But Good Lord,…. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Violence & injury 2 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Young Sheldon S1 E5:

  • Caution
    Has everyone lost their mind? He's a little boy, Tam! - Good night! - But Good Lord, that mouth of yours is a machine gun tonight.
  • Caution
    Mom? ("I FOUGHT THE LAW" BY THE CLASH PLAYING) Robbin' people with a six-gun I fought the law and the law won Sheldon got a B-plus! That's terrible for him! I'm very disappointed in all three of you.

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