The worst tropes I've seen in fiction that revolve around families
by Jenna Moreci
1. Missing Parents: This teenager is going on an epic adventure, and their parents are okay with it? We don't know because although they're alive and they exist, we haven't heard a single mention of them since the start of the book
2. She Has Brothers: How else is a woman going to learn how to do manly things like changing a tire, playing sports, or managing her money. Everyone knows that women can't do math. Thank God she has brothers or else she'd be absolutely helpless. I don't have brothers, and I can't even wipe my butt! It's filthy! I can't imagine a world where women are capable of having their own interests or have female family members that can teach them basic skills that are actually not gender-specific at all. It's not like I learned about finance from my mom, who's an accountant. That sounds made up. I mean can you believe?
3. This Guy Again: the abusive, alcoholic father figure
4. Days of Our Lives: the long lost twin
5. Get in the Kitchen: the evil career woman
6. Stage 5 Clinger: the woman that is desperate for a husband and babies, and she wants them now because "the clock is ticking"
7. Sounds Fake: the jealous mom
8. Requires Therapy: the dad that prides themselves on teaching their sons how to be a real man
9. Worst Parents Ever: the fix-it-baby because nothing fixes a toxic relationship like bringing a completely helpless third party into the mix
10. Why?!?!?!?! all in the family/romanticizing incest
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