Wednesday, July 24, 2013

'Switched at Birth' is about to make me either very happy, or very mad.

Jane and I found this show a few months ago when it hit Netflix with some new episodes.  I took ASL in college, Jane has a deaf friend who has been teaching her so that was the initial appeal.  The next appeal is that even though it is not about adoption, it certainly addresses the issues of what makes a parent quite well.  Yeah, it's idealized and sometimes a little naive, but they have spent some time touching on some of the emotions and situations I've either dealt with or thought about.

Certain things annoy me, but I won't bring them into it unless it really starts to upset me.

Right now SPOILERS! they are addressing parenting through one of the parents who seems to think having a one night stand with a woman gives him the right to take "his" kid back from the parents who adopted him.  One of the daughters opposes it.  Great.  So how will it end?  Either with me happy or mad.  Time will tell.

I must throw this line out there which was spoken which I loved, but it was really about the *way* it was said...  "My parents" and then she hesitates as she realizes what she has said "Are still my parents."

Movies I love: Juno, August Rush
Movies I should probably see: The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Shows I can't watch because it is more likely to make me angry than pleased: Secret Life of an American Teenager

Oh, and I tried the Fosters, but I couldn't get into it.  Meanwhile, I heard there is a problem where one parent treats her birth child differently than her foster kids.  That is probably enough to piss me off right there....