TV series

On Children

2018 · 1 season

A heavy, unsettling anthology that turns everyday parenting into quiet horror, demanding emotional endurance and leaving a lingering ache.

Overview: Adapted from the novel by author Wu Hsiao-Le, the series consists of five independent stories about parenting, as well as children's pressures of growing up, when faced with the tragic consequences of social pressure, parental oppression and family dysfunction. Each story is told in two parts in this ten-part series.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Parenthood, family, trauma, isolation
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: parenthood
family
trauma
isolation
death
Places: suburbs
home
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild