Here's a topic to discuss the horrendous parenting we've seen on TV shows.

I think it would be hard to beat Al and Peg Bundy in terms of sitcom parents.

Soap opera parents? Wow, the list of bad parents is too long even think about, lol!

How about Peter and Lois Griffin from Family Guy . They are FAR from mother and father of the year!

How about Peter and Lois Griffin from Family Guy . They are FAR from mother and father of the year!

Yeah, you've got a great point. Those two are absolutely wretched human beings.

The Bundy's for sure, The Huxtables, The Simpson's, The Griffins on Family Guy.

The Winslow's on Family Matters for the simple fact they basically forgot about their youngest daughter, Judy, she just was never mentioned again. LOL...

On Soaps, many bad parents, to name a few:

Adam Chandler on All My Children---
---2 out of 3 daughters were driven to alcoholism partly because of him
----His only son turned into an alcoholic, ego-maniac who didn't care about anybody else.
-----He actually didn't know about 1 daughter (haylee) until she was a teenager.


Arlene Vaughan on All My Children:
---Not only was she an alcoholic who neglected her daughter, she actually slept with her daughter's fiance.


Lindsay Rappaport on One Life To Live:

Her list of crimes is long including:
--Accidently killing her ex-husband, who is the father of her two children.
-----Being a generally terrible mother and poor role model.

Luke & Laura on General Hospital:
---Between the two of them were mostly absent from daughter LuLu's life for various reasons--- Luke was always off chasing some adventure while Laura was either grief stricken, sick or incapacitated.

----Raised son Lucky to believe authority and rules were bad and to idolize father Luke who is a rapist.

---Laura kept secret her son Nikolas from her entire family and hardly concealed the fact that she favored Lucky.


Felicia Jones on GH:
---Basically abandoned both her daughters with their Uncle so she could go off chasing men and adventures. A neglectful parent.


Carly & Sonny on GH:
They may be the worst of all!

---Forced Michael's biological father A.J. to sign away custody by hanging him on a meat hook, plying him with alcohol (he is an alcoholic) and brainwashing Michael into thinking AJ was a horrible criminal who didn't love him.

----Raised their children in a dangerous lifestyle as Sonny is a mobster.

---Allowed their kids to join in the mob lifestyle.

not sure this would count but I say the rugrats cartoon parents they would leave their kids alone the parent go in another room or go shopping they would go any were and even though they managed to get back into the play pin before their parents realize their gone they always got away and the parents didn't knew nothing about it.

Jon and Kate Gosselin for forcing their children to grow up in front of TV camera's.
Evelyn Harper (Two and a Half men)
Dan and Roseanne Conner
Al and Peg Bundy
Frank and Marie Barone

And what about Henry and Alice Mitchell on Dennis the Menace? Sure they were better than many listed above, they were nicer and more respectable. But Dennis was always getting himself into trouble, and I don't remember them ever punishing him. So it was like he could do something naughty and they let him get away with it.

Adam and Kristina Braverman. Helicopter parents to the nth degree with no sense of boundaries and no ability to provide correction and/or direction when it comes their special snowflake Max. Max actually has been saddled with three disabilities: autism, his father, and his mother.

Joel and Julia are pretty bad letting that nightmarish brat Sydney get away with being a rude manipulative little snot.

And what about Henry and Alice Mitchell on Dennis the Menace? Sure they were better than many listed above, they were nicer and more respectable. But Dennis was always getting himself into trouble, and I don't remember them ever punishing him. So it was like he could do something naughty and they let him get away with it.Dennis needed a few spankings. :lol:

Definitely a tie between "Al & Peg Bundy" and "the parents from the Rugrats" for the worst parents...

The Winslow's on Family Matters for the simple fact they basically forgot about their youngest daughter, Judy, she just was never mentioned again. LOL...

According the the Wikia page, it was going to be later explained that Judy Winslow was sent to live with her Aunt Rachel in Detroit. She then went to Harvard and became a DA in Detroit.

^^^But frankly, I don't care if that explanation is legit or not. It seems a lot better than assuming they simply forgot about her and provides needed closure. :lol:

They planned to bring her back for the 10th season at Steve & Laura's wedding, until everyone returned to the studio and discovered that the set was already destroyed.

"Mama" June Thompson from Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo, for dating an alleged child molester accused of molesting her own daughter, and allowing Honey Boo-Boo to drink her "go-go juice," Mountain Dew and Red Bull, before pageants (another issue entirely) to get her hyped up.

Cora Mills from Once Upon a Time for killing her daughter Regina's true love, forcing her to marry the king whom she didn't love, and giving up her firstborn daughter Zelena because she felt she couldn't get a rich and powerful man if she had a baby with her.

Carly & Sonny on GH:
They may be the worst of all!

---Forced Michael's biological father A.J. to sign away custody by hanging him on a meat hook, plying him with alcohol (he is an alcoholic) and brainwashing Michael into thinking AJ was a horrible criminal who didn't love him.

----Raised their children in a dangerous lifestyle as Sonny is a mobster.

---Allowed their kids to join in the mob lifestyle.

Adding in that years later, Sonny then murdered AJ in cold blood, just as Michael was forming a relationship with him. And Carly helped cover it up once she found out he did it.

The parents on "Married With Children".

On One Tree Hill, Dan Scott is clearly a terrible father in every way.

Among his crimes as a father:

---Abandoning Lucas before he is born, and then when they reconnect telling Lucas he isn't as good as his half-brother Nathan.

----Putting too much pressure on Nathan, being emotionally distant and conniving/manipulative.

---Bringing Nathan up in an environment of hostility and resentment as his marriage to Deb collapsed.

---Killing his brother, Lucas and Nathan's uncle, Keith in cold blood.

Sean and Claudia Finnerty from Grounded For Life: Hypocritical, ineffectual, lazy parents who allowed their children to get away with anything.

I agree with whoever sad Sonny and Carly on General Hospital. I love them as a couple. But, they are horrible parents. Who have put their children through h-e double hockey sticks ever since they were born. Poor Michael and Morgan. :(

Judy and Bill Miller on "Still Standing". They were intellectually deficient, lazy and didn't seem to have any actual interest in their children. Bill was easily manipulated and often outsmarted by even youngest daughter Tina.

I would say Phillip Drummond from "Diff'rent Strokes" because look how the kids turned out! :lol:

Hal and Lois from Malcolm in the Middle

Hal is very passive and lets his sons basically do almost whatever.
Lois is very aggressive and all she does is yell at her sons!

I'd also say Red Forman from That 70's Show, Kitty is a good mom but Red seems to dislike his son Eric since he calls him a "dumbass" a lot!

Would Chief Kaniski from Gimme a Break! and Danny Tanner from Full House be bad fathers? Chief usually overlooked Joey and grounded his daughters harder than Nell would and Danny Tanner raised two daughters and...then there's Michelle!

Hal and Lois from Malcolm in the Middle



Would Chief Kaniski from Gimme a Break! and Danny Tanner from Full House be bad fathers? Chief usually overlooked Joey and grounded his daughters harder than Nell would and Danny Tanner raised two daughters and...then there's Michelle!

I would say Danny is a good father, because he cared about his kids, was there for them and was responsible. i don't know enough about GAB, but I'd say the Chief was a good father as well.

I would say Phillip Drummond from "Diff'rent Strokes" because look how the kids turned out! :lol:

Well, I like a sense of humor and all, but that's a bit cold blooded, given the reality of some of the folks you are talking about.

Lori and Rick Grimes Walking Dead - zombieapocalypse and they never seemed to know where Carl was.

How about any parents that are on Nickelodeon and Disney.Lazy,stupid,and shrill is not a way to go through life,or raise kids.

I would say the Connors but none of their kids were drank, did drugs, got pregnant as a teenager or did crime.

Maybe Al and Peggy Bundy.


I also think the Cleavers. Here me out. I thought Ward was always too tough on Wally and the Beaver. Always blaming them for everything. Actually, my feelings about the Cleavers are in the LITB thread. I also thought June acted dopey. Always sticking her nose in where it doesnt belong. But thing that really gets me is that you obviously know that Eddie is a troublemaker and a bad influence on Wally, yet both Ward and June never say anything to Eddie. If Eddie wants to mess around and start and get into trouble fine, but not at the expense of Wally. Why didnt they ever open up there mouth?

I think it would be hard to beat Al and Peg Bundy in terms of sitcom parents.

Beat me to it.

Sean and Claudia Finnerty from Grounded For Life: Hypocritical, ineffectual, lazy parents who allowed their children to get away with anything.


and they weren't even half as bad as the parents on Still Standing Judy and Bill!

Frank and Marie Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond", for their blatant favoring of one son over the other.

I would say the Connors but none of their kids were drank, did drugs, got pregnant as a teenager or did crime.
Did you watch the show?

An entire episode was dedicated to Becky's drinking problem when she was only fourteen.

David told on Darlene... that she was doing drugs when she was in college. She admitted to doing Acid twice.

Darlene became pregnant at nineteen.

D.J. stole a car.

What are you even talking about??? :lol: :lol: :lol:
I just gave all examples of "drinking problems, drugs, teen pregnancy and crime.

Heathcliff & Claire Huxtable
Al & Peggy Bundy
jon & kate gosslein
mama june & sugar bear Thomson
Kourtney Kardashian & Scott Disick

I remember Dennis was punished for some reason but I forget why. He had to eat his dinner in his room. After he ate his he told his father, I'll have my desert now and his father said there will be no desert for you tonight young man.

What about the parents on Dobie Gillis, Herbert and Winnie Gillis? The way they treat their son Dobie is just awful: the father is too hard on him and the mother is too soft. It's like watching a sitcom version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Maybe that's why Dobie had to bleach his hair blond! :lol: The parents may be fine actors and they're funny when they're together but they sure seem like lousy parents to me.

What about the parents on Dobie Gillis, Herbert and Winnie Gillis? The way they treat their son Dobie is just awful: the father is too hard on him and the mother is too soft. It's like watching a sitcom version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Maybe that's why Dobie had to bleach his hair blond! :lol: The parents may be fine actors and they're funny when they're together but they sure seem like lousy parents to me.I don't mind Winnie gillis so much but Herbert gillis is/was a complete jerk

Did you watch the show?

An entire episode was dedicated to Becky's drinking problem when she was only fourteen.

David told on Darlene... that she was doing drugs when she was in college. She admitted to doing Acid twice.

Darlene became pregnant at nineteen.

D.J. stole a car.

What are you even talking about??? :lol: :lol: :lol:
I just gave all examples of "drinking problems, drugs, teen pregnancy and crime.

But even so, that doesn't mean the Conners were bad parents. You can be a good parent and still have kids that don't always do the right thing. I'm sure there are many great parents with rotten kids and many rotten parents with great kids.

"Mama" June Thompson from Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo, for dating an alleged child molester accused of molesting her own daughter, and allowing Honey Boo-Boo to drink her "go-go juice," Mountain Dew and Red Bull, before pageants (another issue entirely) to get her hyped up.

Cora Mills from Once Upon a Time for killing her daughter Regina's true love, forcing her to marry the king whom she didn't love, and giving up her firstborn daughter Zelena because she felt she couldn't get a rich and powerful man if she had a baby with her.

Since her ex-boyfriend served prison time for what he did to her daughter, it was not alleged, he was convicted of molesting the oldest daughter Anna. The icing on the cake was when I saw the uncle on TV and he took a polygraph proving he was honest when he said honey boo boo was in bed with her mother and the child molester while in NC. Even after photo's etc, CPS did NOTHING. I would vote her the worst parent on TV. :mad:

http://www.vulture.com/2015/05/psychologist-ranks-the-9-worst-parents-on-tv.html

Cersei Lannister is worse than Lucious Lyon, who's worse than Selina Meyer.

How about Everybody Loves Raymond?

Frank Barone was nuts and Marie was a passive aggressive witch. Ray was an immature, stupid mama's boy who wanted to play golf on the weekends who found the kids an inconvenience, and Debra who was mad all the time because of her mama boy lazy husband who would not help with the child rearing and being put down by Marie for everything.

One of my favorite sitcoms, but that bunch of folks were barely functioning.

I can't believe none of you mentioned Benny Lopez from The George Lopez show.

The Facts of Life:

You drop your daughters off at a Boarding School to let somebody else raise and parent your kids..