I thought about it, and I was all like, no, they totally still do it, I've seen it in Kim Possible and the Weekenders and... and then I realised, those shows have been off the air for a decade or more, and I have no idea what kids shows do now. I've seen anti-bullying episodes of Arthur, but I watch it on YouTube and who even knows what season those episodes are from, because Arthur has been around forever.
But anyway, yes, most of the stuff you saw as a kid was about not being a dick to other kids, or about how your parents always want whats best for you even if it doesnt seem like it, and then Eerie was like, actually, no, sometimes you think your dad's a cunt because he's an actual in-real-life cunt, and that's on him, not you.
The bit that really stuck out to me was when Todd's mum is talking to him and she says his dad doesnt mean to hurt his feelings and the verbal beatdown he just got doesn't mean his dad doesn't love him, and Todd's like, why doesnt he tell me himself? and the mum looks close to tears and says she dont know, and I love that the whole episode was set up to show how fucking weak as shit that kind of attempt at smoothing-over actually is.
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But anyway, yes, most of the stuff you saw as a kid was about not being a dick to other kids, or about how your parents always want whats best for you even if it doesnt seem like it, and then Eerie was like, actually, no, sometimes you think your dad's a cunt because he's an actual in-real-life cunt, and that's on him, not you.
The bit that really stuck out to me was when Todd's mum is talking to him and she says his dad doesnt mean to hurt his feelings and the verbal beatdown he just got doesn't mean his dad doesn't love him, and Todd's like, why doesnt he tell me himself? and the mum looks close to tears and says she dont know, and I love that the whole episode was set up to show how fucking weak as shit that kind of attempt at smoothing-over actually is.