User blog comment:Dragonzako/Thoughts on Loud parents/@comment-30790899-20180207212728

Personally, Brawl in the Family was what did it for me. You did open my eyes as to why these guys are lousy parents, but trust me, I was never oblivious that they were terrible.

If they really were good parents, they would have never let their kids ransack the house over a little bit of money without intervening in a meaningful way.

And if they were really good parents, they also would have stuck up for their son who was constantly being rejected on a state of dumb luck.

Why? Why do all parents in cartoons have to be so similar? None of them have any unique problems. They are all uncaring and neglectful of their kids. And it’s a shame, because I wanted to like these two- I really did! But episodes like Vantastic Voyage are not helping that statement.

And if they really were good parents, they most certainly would have never even dreamed of not only letting a huge fight over a petty dress go unpunished, but leaving poor Lincoln to fend for himself!

I thank you, in that regard, for opening my eyes as to how incompetent they are. It’s not Peter Griffin levels of terrible parenting, but..... ugh.