Good Parents: Difference between revisions

When the [['''Good Parents]]''' aren't the actual parents of the character, it's [[Parental Substitute]]. When the [['''Good Parents]]''' are the adoptive parents, it's [[Happily Adopted]]. If they were good parents at one time, but [[Never Say "Die"|forcefully removed from this realm of existence]], then they are [[Deceased Parents Are the Best]]. When the [['''Good Parents]]''' aren't against doing illegal or morally questionable acts to protect their children, they are the [[Knight Templar Parent|Knight Templar Parents]]s.

* Sanae and Akio of ''[[Clannad]]''. Just about the best parents ever, if a little eccentric sometimes. {{spoiler|In their backstory, though, they were neglectful of Nagisa when she was little... until she almost fell victim to her [[Ill Girl]] condition.}} And later, {{spoiler|they're the best grandparents to Ushio when Tomoya goes [[Disappeared Dad]] after Nagisa's [[Death by Childbirth]], but it's strongly implied that they're also [[Stepford Smiler|Stepford Smilers]]s that love Ushio genuinely, but don't allow themselves to grieve for Nagisa in order to raise her child well and lovingly}}.

** One of the more fun subtle angles of the show is that as it progresses you see more and more what the lead gets from each of his parents--itparents—it's not ham-handed replication or anything either; it's as psychologically sound as you can get in a series where the hero develops a form of [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]. Bonus points for the fact that Miko and Shouma annoy Yuuri considerably most of the time. Without doing anything in the realm of [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]. Except that one time with the photo album, I guess...and that other time with the statue...when they followed him halfway around the world....

*** Okay; so Mr. Lee is [[Good Parents|a good dad]] most of the time. Then there's his [[Parents as People]] moment: {{spoiler|deliberately not telling his son that defeating the D-Reaper would forcibly send ALL of the Digimon back to the Digital World, without any foreseeable way to return}} which results in a very angry Jenrya and several crying kids including little (seven year old) Shaochung...Mr. Lee's daughter. Not a shining moment of parenting.

* [[The Addams Family|Gomez and Morticia Addams]] are great parents. Despite being "altogether ooky", they are still a [[Happily Married]] couple who love and adore their kids. They have rules like any other family and enjoy a lot of quality time with one another. When a truant officer comes to the house to ask why Pugsley and Wednesday aren't enrolled in public school, Gomez is horrified at the idea of being apart from them all day-- "What's the point of having children, if you're just going to get rid of them?"-- because—because that's how much he loves spending time with his son and daughter. (It's also [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|adorable to watch him mope about having no one to play with.]])

* On [[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]], Eric and Tami Taylor and Corinne Williams are [[Good Parents]], though there are plenty of lousy parents to go around.

* Even though ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has a smorgasbord of parents who are abusive/evil/missing (Zuko ''and'' Azula), overprotective/stupid (Toph), repressive/preoccupied/snobbish (Mai), absent/with-their-hands-full (Ty Lee) or dead (pretty much everyone else at least once), there are a few characters lucky enough to have [[Good Parents]]. Sokka and Katara's dad Hakoda (and their mom Kya, when she was still alive), Haru's parents, Teo's dad, and a few others are good examples, and Zuko and Aang each have/had a [[Good Parents|Good]] [[Parental Substitute]] in Uncle Iroh and Monk Gyatso.