Where Did We Go Wrong?: Difference between revisions

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Compare this to [[I Have No Son]]. May result in [[Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]. Pretty much the attitude of the [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]'s father.

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== Film ==

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* Robin's dad on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' tried his best to raise his kid up to be just like him... despite being a girl. He was more than upset when he caught her kissing a boy for the first time.

* George and Angie on ''[[The George Lopez Show]]'' feel this way about Carmen, especially after she runs away and becomes a groupie for some rapper.

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== Real Life ==

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* Disturbingly, the parents of the Columbine Killers had no idea what their boys were up to and were at a loss about what they did.

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* [http://www.amazon.com/Fathers-Story-Mans-Anguish-Confronting/dp/0751513105/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1288839789&sr=8-4 Lionel Dahmer] was certainly at a loss for [[Serial Killer|his son Jeffrey]]'s horrifying urges.

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* It's quite common for children raised in highly conservative families to grow up with the opposite viewpoints of their parents.

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* This can happen to children raised in highly liberal families too.

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** A joke my father used to tell me was that kids in our very liberal town would rebel as teenagers by combing their hair and voting Republican.

== Webcomics ==

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** Finally averted in the [[Grand Finale]] when Hank and Bobby bond over Bobby's talent for grilling.

* A cartoon in ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' featured a pair of parents who are jesters/clowns who has a son who wants to be a knight. Even the father flat out ask what did he do wrong.

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