re: #241 HappyWarrior

This would make a great sociology paper by the way. The American family in television throughout the years and the American people’s response to them.

I suspect it’s been done already. If not, it should be a book. I think TV has explored almost every possible kind of parenting situation: single mom, single dad, mom&dad, blended families, same-sex parents, housemates raising kids together, adopted kids, extended families. I think seeing these different kinds of families, whether serious or played for laughs, normalizes them. That seems to upset some people fixated on some imaginary ideal of mom & dad married forever + obedient kids who never get in real trouble.