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In a show where a main character is being raised by a single mom, there will be an episode where the divorced dad visits.

This rarely works in the reverse; perhaps reflecting the trend of children living with the mother, but more often than not a single father's wife is just dead. And in [[Real Life]], custody for children almost always goes to the mother. <ref> And the general belief that the mother is less likely to walk out on their kids than the father.</ref>

This rarely works in the reverse; perhaps reflecting the trend of children living with the mother, but more often than not a single father's wife is just dead. And in [[Real Life]], custody for children almost always goes to the mother.<ref>And the general belief that the mother is less likely to walk out on their kids than the father.</ref>

Compare [[When You Coming Home, Dad?]]

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** [[Joss Whedon]] was raised by a single mother. Coincidence?

** It got the point where, in the 5th season, after {{spoiler|Joyce dies and Dad doesn't even show up for the funeral}}, Dawn going to live with their Dad is listed as only a slightly preferable alternative to foster care if Buffy were to be deemed an unfit guardian.

** [[Played With]] and [[Gender Flipped]] in season ~~six--when~~ Buffy was temporarily dead Willow and Tara became Dawn's [[Parental Substitute|substitute]] [[Has Two Mommies|mothers]], but later they broke up and Tara moved out. In "Smashed" she and Dawn go out together in what seems intended to represent a sort of parental visitation.

** [[Played With]] and [[Gender Flipped]] in season six—when Buffy was temporarily dead Willow and Tara became Dawn's [[Parental Substitute|substitute]] [[Has Two Mommies|mothers]], but later they broke up and Tara moved out. In "Smashed" she and Dawn go out together in what seems intended to represent a sort of parental visitation.

* A few times in ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]''.

* Interestingly ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' has an example of a child with divorced parents living with their father. This trope isn't used because the Mum shows up so often that she's a [[Drop-In Character]]. It's later played straight when Clyde's father pays a visit for the first time in five years in ''"The Mark of the Berserker"''.