Every Teen Is Going to Be Talking About the New Season of 'The Young Royals' on Netflix

Oh, those teen and tween years. When they reach the end of middle school and the beginning of high school, kids are often looking to take a big jump up in the maturity level of their content. They're looking for stories with drama, shows with characters they can relate to, and sometimes genre or fantasy elements that'll transport them to other worlds. But they're not yet ready for House of the Dragon yet — and you're not yet ready for all the questions a show like that might inspire.

Luckily, there are still plenty of great TV series that give them these thrills and still meet them where they're at developmentally. Netflix has a bunch of them, and the good thing about a streaming service is that, once a show is on there, it doesn't usually go away. It doesn't matter if a series aired its last episode years ago — it's still new to your teen.

The best Netflix shows for teens and tweens to watch in 2022 try to address what it's like to be that age. Whether the shows are set in high school or in some sort of imaginary world, they still know what it feels like to be at that in-between age when you're not a kid anymore and yet not a grown up.

Still, there's a huge range in maturity between tweens, young teens and older teens, so your family's mileage may vary. Some of these series are more appropriate for younger viewers, and some for the basically adults. There are gentle adventures for the tweens just trying to dip their toes into more mature content. There adventurous epics the whole family can watch together. And there are dishy, soapy dramas for the older ones to get sucked into. Put it together, and you've got hours of entertainment. Then, when you're done, you can pick up some books for teens or teen movies on Netflix, too.