This brings to mind a larger problem; the disappearance the sane, confident, self-assured father figure.
When was the last time you saw one? Not an emasculated unstable nut (the guy on that “Modern Family” show on now), an overweight slapstick buffoon (”King of Queens”), or an outsmarted-by-the-wife manic (”Everybody Loves Raymond”), but just a normal Dad-figure? Where it was ok to portray husband and wife as normal and on equal footing with their kids.
I’m racking my brain here, but has there been one since Cliff Huxtable?
Try Last Man Standing starring Tim Allen. We watch it on Hulu as we haven’t owned an actual television in 20 years.
We also watch Falling Skies and Revolution with our teens. Falling Skies is pretty darn good, Revolution is just barely an also ran. Once Upon A Time is also okay.
Castle is by far and away our family fave and he is smart loving Dad.