Growing Pains is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 24, 1985, to April 25, 1992. The show centers on the Seaver family of Huntington, a town on Long Island, New York. It follows the misadventures of the family, including psychiatrist and father Jason, journalist and mother Maggie, and their children Mike, Carol, Ben, and Chrissy.
The show centers on the Seaver family of Huntington, Long Island, New York. Dr. Jason Seaver (Alan Thicke) works from home because his wife, Maggie (Joanna Kerns), has gone back to work as a reporter. A fourth child, Chrissy Seaver, is born at the beginning of season 4, a day after Ben's twelfth birthday. She was played in her newborn/infant stage by two uncredited sets of twin sisters.