Re: (ReacTor) Five Stories Featuring Highly Supportive Parents

In article <103ep1q$25kbv$1@dont-email.me>,
Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:

On 6/24/25 10:13 AM, James Nicoll wrote:

In article <mbvk3nFt9fqU1@mid.individual.net>,
Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:

In article <103e5eq$20muc$1@dont-email.me>,
Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:

On 6/23/25 12:18 PM, James Nicoll wrote:

Five Stories Featuring Highly Supportive Parents
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Encouraging the next generation of space pirates and superheroes...
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https://reactormag.com/five-stories-featuring-highly-supportive-parents/

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Hm...aside from your mention of Cordelia and Aral Vorkosigan, the only
others that come quickly to mind are the Weasleys from the Harry Potter
series, and the Carpenters from the Harry Dresden series.
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Tony

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I would add _Have Spacesuit, Will Travel_ (for some value of "supportive")
& _The Rolling Stones_. [Ted]

 

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I missed all Heinleins while I was a child/teen, and once I circled back
in my 20s-30s, I learned that I'm pretty much Heinlein-blind. These two
are not amongst the few I have read.
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I think it helps a lot to encounter Heinlein young and to have done so
40 or 50 years ago. And pretty he appeals to boys more than girls.

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