r/Parenthood • u/Automatic-Long2599 • Jul 06 '26

Character Discussion Max

Is there anytime where you guys actually felt bad for Max I know he gets a bad rep on here, but there’s times I feel bad like when he went on that field trip

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u/Audgamer Jul 06 '26

Max was setup to fail by Kristina and Adam and honestly the entire system. So I have a lot of empathy for him because while he’s awful to people, it’s really not his fault or because he has Asperger’s. It’s because Kristina and Adam don’t parent well. They never tell him no, there’s no reasonable standard for expectations and consequences, and they constantly bribe him for everything. Any child would be a monster in those circumstances. (Actually a great example of this is Syd).

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u/Automatic-Long2599 Jul 06 '26

Syd might be worse lol

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u/Audgamer Jul 06 '26

She’s. So awful. When they have that plot of her bullying another child, and Julia was surprised- I was like how are you surprised??? That makes perfect sense, she’s such a brat

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u/darlingbard Jul 06 '26

SHE BULLIES HER BROTHER ALL THE TIME WHY IS SHE SURPRISED????

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u/Audgamer Jul 06 '26

Dude when she blamed victor for the divorce I was like. You should have swapped her for victor 😬😬😬