18 Fictional Parents Who Are Terrible At Parenting

These parents are lucky fictional universes don't have child protection services.
18 Fictional Parents Who Are Terrible At Parenting

Look, we get it -- when it comes to fiction, we're supposed to suspend our disbelief about what's happening on the screen. Still, though; when you take a look back on some of fiction's greatest parents, you have to wonder why we suspended our disbelief.

Because had these parents been real, someone would've taken their kids away a long time ago.

CRACKEDCON Cliff and Clair Huxtable are considered by many to be TV's best parents. But lets not forget... Clair was uptight and controlling; especi
18 Fictional Parents Who Are Terrible At Parenting
CRACKED.COM Hey, you know our baby, with the unknown, potentially catastrophic superpowers? Is it cool if we leave him with a sitter who'd have absol
Ferris Bueller's parents may be a little naive, but dammit do they love him... ...to the point where they ignore his many unexcused school absences an
In Jurassic World, Zach and Gray's parents are amazingly negligent. Their mother has to know her sister is work-obsessed and bad with kids, but she pu
INSTEAD OF IMMEDIATELY HATCHING A PLAN TO GET MOM AND DAD BACK TOGETHER... the Wact DisneyPictur PARENT Pictures TRAP ..MAYBE ANNIE AND HALLIE SHOULD
CRACKEDC COM In KICK-ASS, Big Daddy puts his daughter constantly in mortal peril... BD HG In the comics it S explained that he did it because he was b
GRAGKEDCON AUNT MAY SEEMS LIKE QUITE A COOL AUNT TO BE RAISED BY. MAYBE A BIT TOO COOl... ...SINCE SHE ALLOWS HER NEPHEW TO DASH OFF ABROAD WITH A MAN
SPLINTER MIGHT NOT BE THE TURTLES' BIOLOGICALI FATHER, BUT HE'S STILL THEIR FATHER. ...A FATHER WHO RAISED THEM TO BE CHILD SOLDIERS IN HIS WAR AGAINS
Carl Winslow from Family Matters has no problem tolerating Steve Urkel's shenanigans CRACKED.COM As well as allowing him to freely sexually harass his
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND. EXCEPT HIS KIDS, PROBABLY. He IS ALMOST NEVER SEEN SPENDING ANY TIME WITH THEM, AND WHEN HE DOES, HIS MISTAKES ARE A COMIC RE
LOST Michael is remembered as an awesome dad to his son Walt despite the fact that he plucked him from the relative safety of the island to sail on a
how i CRACKED.CONT met your mother Marshall and Lily Good parents don't leave their kid under somebody else's care just to visit the bar almost every
In Ant-Man, Scott Lang is depicted as a good guy at heart who tries to do the best for his daughter. But his actions lead a super-powered villain to h
the PURSUIT of HAPPYNESS Chris Gardner is shown as the uber example of the sacrifices a father should make for his children... But in truth, the boy w
IN GAME OF THRONES, NED STARK IS CONSIDERED PERHAPS THE ONLY SANE, VEL-HEADED PARENT. But he intentionally misleads Jon about what the Night's Watch i
In Frozen, the trolls warn that Elsa's powers can be beautiful... but pose great danger unless she learns to control her fear. COY) So her father tell
IN A TOWN PLAGUED BY MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES, PARENTS APPARENTLY HAVE NO CLUE THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL-AG KIDS ARE SNEAKING OUT IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT... .

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