Re: (ReacTor) Five Stories Featuring Highly Supportive Parents

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]

 

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.

The dad from TRS should be a list of parents who understand that at
some point their boys will be serving long prison sentences... unless
they get killed first.
 That said, he treats Meade poorly and the rest of the family isn't much
better. [James]

Interesting difference of opinion.
Tony