![]() ![]() Not that there ever seems to be much risk of anything truly terrible happening on Home Sweet Home. Likewise, only one family is heard expressing fears of judgment or disrespect from the other’s relatives the other, Home Sweet Home lets us presume, feels secure in the knowledge that the worst thing they might encounter is a bit of stilted conversation. It’s telling that the lessons the Vasilious learn have to do with understanding what life might be like for a Black, queer family, while the lessons the Wixxes learn are more internally directed - they don’t need to be taught what a white, heterosexual family might look like. Even my stone heart couldn’t help but melt a little when Katina squeals to Soleil and Sanaiya that it’s like they were friends before they ever even met.īut there’s an asymmetry in the families’ experiences that Home Sweet Home is shrewd enough to acknowledge, yet not quite tough enough to dig into. And while the kids’ experiences take a backseat to their parents’ in the narrative of the show, they do serve as a reliable source of adorable good feeling. It’s a lovely thought, if not a wholly convincing one the cynic in me can’t help pointing out that a few days and a few planned activities amount to little more than a family vacation at an Airbnb. Predictably, both families come away from the experience swearing they’ve learned a lot, and that these days will stay with them for the rest of their lives. A picnic with Yndia’s father, for instance, turns into a spontaneous lesson for the Vasiliou kids on the concept of redlining, while a dinner with some Wixx family friends leads Nick to some soul-searching once he realizes that plenty of families do just fine without a dad. There are lots of those, and some of them even dip a toe into harder topics. Nick’s line about unconscious bias comes as a capper to this very scene, which frames it as a teachable moment. Their success varies from one situation to the next: The Vasilious, who describe themselves as a “proud Greek Orthodox family,” struggle to contain their giggles as they try to replicate the Wixxes’ meditation-and-crystals morning routine.Įven in moments like those, however - which on another reality show might have been framed as mean-spirited - Home Sweet Home stays firmly on the side of nice. ![]() In the premiere episode sent to critics, both the Wixx family (a Black household consisting of moms Yndia and Ania, 9-year-old twins Soleil and Sanaiya and 2-year-old Zyaire) and the Vasiliou family (a Greek clan comprising dad Nick, mom Maria, 15-year-old Demetri, 12-year-old Luke, 10-year old Leo and 9-year-old Katina) try their game best to fit into each other’s lifestyles. The families make a point of playing along. ![]()
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