ABC’s Modern Family ended this week after 11 seasons. When it premiered in 2009, during the height of the marriage equality battle in the U.S., the two gay dads in its ensemble cast gave many viewers their first positive, ongoing, on-screen images of same-sex parents.
You may already have seen RuPaul’s skit on last week’s Saturday Night Live, in which he critiques children’s books like the drag queens critique each other on RuPaul’s Drag Race—but did you catch all of the real, contemporary LGBTQ-inclusive young adult books on the shelves of the set?
Yes, lesbian mom Bette Porter may have lost her campaign for mayor of Los Angeles on Showtime’s The L Word: Generation Q—but at least we now have lesbian mom Abigail “Tommy” Thomas helping to lead the City of Angels on our screens.
Yes, it’s fiction—but this past week’s The L Word: Generation Q resonated with me as Bette and Tina’s daughter Angie took her driver’s test, something my own 16-year-old son will be doing soon. They weren’t the only characters involved with things parental, though. Let’s see who else was thinking about kids.
The latest episode of The L Word: Generation Q started and ended with parenting moments. Let’s take a look.
The parenting theme running through this past week’s episode of The L Word: Generation Q was how we parents sometimes need to do a better job of listening to what our kids really need from us.
For a show that’s not specifically “about” parenting, last Sunday’s episode of The L Word: Generation Q certainly gave us a lot about the relationships between parents and children. In fact, the theme of the episode might have been “What makes a good parent?”
I’m delighted to be bringing back my regular recaps about parenting storylines in The L Word after more than a decade—this time, for The L Word: Generation Q. Here’s what happened parenting-wise in last Sunday’s episode. What did you think about it?
Fans of The L Word know that characters Bette and Tina had a child together; it probably wasn’t surprising to learn that their daughter, now a teen, would be a regular character in The L Word: Generation Q sequel. It turns out, though, that we’re also getting a new parenting storyline—with another old favorite character.
The first trailer for The L Word: Generation Q is here—and it’s already giving me parenting feels. As with the original series, I’ll be taking a close look at any and all storylines related to parenting, so let’s start with the trailer.
