“The Fosters,” a fairly new series started in June 2013 on ABC Family, follows the lives of a family of five kids raised by two mothers.

Lena Adams (Sherri Saum) and Stef Foster (Teri Polo) are partners living together and have three kids, Brandon Foster (David Lambert), Stef’s biological son from her previous marriage, Mariana Foster (Cierra Ramirez), and Jesus Foster (Jake T. Austin), a pair of twins who were adopted by the two mothers. Lena and Stef decide to take on two more kids, Callie Jacob (Maia Mitchell) and Jude Jacob (Hayden Byerly), who had bad experiences in the past. Little did they know that having five kids would be a huge responsibility and the family would go through some hardships.

Callie is a troubled girl who was sent to a juvenile detention center after destroying her foster father’s car when he was abusing her younger brother, Jude, whom she loves and cares about deeply. After Lena and Stef open their home temporarily to both Callie and Jude, Callie starts to open her heart up to them. As they get to know and love to the two, Stef and Lena decide that they want to adopt them.

During Stef and Lena’s wedding ceremony, Brandon, stepbrother to be and Callie confess feelings for each other and kiss. After feeling guilty for what she did, Callie runs away, but then comes back and lives in a group home for a while, and then returns back to the Foster’s home. Brandon and Callie control their love for each other when she returns and Brandon moves into his father’s home.

Furthermore, Mariana wants to meet her biological mother without Lena and Stef knowing, and her biological mother is asking for some money so she sells Jesus’ ADHD prescribed drugs to people at her school. Jesus finds out, and covers up for her but becomes upset. After a few more episodes, Mariana is suspended for a few days from school after one of her friends is upset with her and wants her to suffer consequences.

When Mariana steals Jesus’ medicine, he still finds a way to forgive and cover up for her, which shows the recurring theme on how the family constantly goes through hardships but ultimately finds a way to unite as one big family. The little things that each of the characters do for one another like when Jesus and Mariana stand up for each other or when Callie makes the birthday clues for Jude to search for on his birthday, or even Stef coming to eat lunch with her wife Lena at the school makes it a genuine and exciting show to watch.

The spark of the show is that it is suitable to both teenagers and parents and as critics describe the show, they say that both can watch together. The show explores relevant topics and concerns during the 21st century including sexual abuse, drinking, drugs, and homosexuality. Teenagers learn and become knowledgeable on problems they might face as they get older from all of the themes, whereas, parents can relate to the TV show as the show portrays how uncontrollable love always conquers the problems they might face with their teenagers.

In today’s society, many TV shows and movies are casting homosexual couples, but “The Fosters” does a particularly great job in doing so. This is because they raise a family together, and adopt four children, which is a spectacular thing to do.

Besides the family and spark that interests the people watching it, sometimes the show can be a little too predictable. After watching an episode, it’s very easy for the viewer to imagine what is going to happen in the next episode.

“The Fosters” has earned an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. The show has been nominated for five awards, and has won one at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice TV Breakout Show.

With the drama, united family, and the trends prevalent in today’s society, “The Fosters” is a worthwhile show to start or continue watching.

The first season is currently coming to an end on March 24.