Thread:Curious Poker Chip/@comment-34904882-20170926001955/@comment-1650307-20170926004131

I feel like Lynn Sr. and Rita are never involved with the children's problems or dilemmas. Oftentimes, a simple solution to the problems that the children face could be solved by getting the parents involved. For example, in "Brawl in the Family", Lori and Leni are fighting over a dress. Now when this gets out of hand, a simple solution is to intervene and tell the kids to go to their room until they can learn to get along. But they don't do that for the entirety of the episode. Now some people may "well they are at work, so they could not have intervened." But the episode takes place within a couple of days. Why would they be at their respective works for like three days straight without break of coming home?

Or like in "It's a Loud, Loud, Loud, Loud House", they get the kids to share Lynn Sr.'s work bonus by going on a treasure hunt. That's nice, but the fact that they trash the entire house in the process seems kinda one-step-forward two-steps-back sort of situation. And Lynn Sr. is the only one who cleans up and not the kids who created the mess.

Also in "Yes Man", like I said before, they just give all the kids all the money they need on anything they need. This kinda feels like they spoil the kids and the only real reason they say no to Lincoln is because they "don't have enough money", meaning they would give it to him if they did have money. It would make more sense for them to say no because you know, they don't want their kid to go to a rock concert and pick up bad habits like the somewhat explicit lyrics, or the loud music, or the hazardous environment. And in the end, Lincoln gets exactly what he wants.

Also Lincoln walks around in his underwear openly in front of his sisters, and Rita and Lynn Sr. never put a stop to it because they feel it's more than a little disgusting for their prepubescent 11-year-old son to be half naked in front of their sisters, some of whom might be going through puberty.

There are other reasons but that is all I can think of right now.