Family Ties ( 1982-1989 ) vs Growing Pains ( 1985-1992 )

both were good, for their time.
both had a baby during the show.
both mothers were professional.

liked how quasi accurate FT was with mrs Keaton's profession. i actually had those pictures of the houses with floor plans attached at my house. i studied them often and discovered my knack for architecture, building 'planning' and floor plans. i still draw my own floor plans to this day.

both had some sort of 'very special' episodes that needed to be addressed at the time. racism, death, guilt surrounding by that death, 'undesirable' boyfriends and friends, drugs -- illegal or otherwise, creepy office crap, under age booze abuse, booze abuse to begin with...


blah blah blah...

i actually enjoyed them [didn't laugh it up] back then and continue to like those 'special' episodes today. that is the problem with today. those special episodes were designed [with the hopes that parents actually sat down with their kids to watch the show with them] to spark some sort of family discussion.

now what do the family discussions consist of: you're baby daddy to how many bitches? you did how many guys during the week you conceived 'our' child and now you don't know who baby daddy is? people with gold teeth bitching about not having any money....

that is, if families even discuss anything today... don't think they do.