EEd
You are not Robbie's father!
Neither are you.
EEd
Sticks and stones. Ouch.
“Parents” · Season 5, Episode 16
In this episode: Eric (2), Ashley (2), Annie Camden (1), Lucy (1), Robbie (1)
You wouldn't understand. You have a mother. A real mother. Sometimes, I wish I had a real mother, too, not someone who would rather be my friend than my mother. Friends, I have. People to go to parties and dances with, I have. A mother, I don't have and haven't had since my parents got divorced. That's when my mother decided that she didn't want to be a mother anymore.
I had no idea you felt this way. I thought you liked having a mother who was hip and cool and un-motherlike.
What's so hip and cool about being locked in some stranger's bathroom while your mother flirts and carries on with some guy who's too old for us and too young for her? Welcome to the dark side of having a hip and cool mom.
SSerena
You know, just because you bake cookies and make lunches and drive a carpool does not make you better than me. It does not mean you're a better mother! I am a good mother, too!
This isn't about us! This is about you and your daughter. It's about you growing up and acting your age. This is about you being an adult so she can be a child. It's about parenthood and it has nothing to do with cookies, and everything to do with raising children! Helping them find their way, loving them and putting their needs first. How is your daughter supposed to learn how to be a mother if you won't be a mother to her?
Mom, can you grow up and act your age for just once?
SSerena
You cannot talk to me like that. I am your mother!
My mother? I thought I was your best friend. Which one is it? Mother or best friend?
SSerena
Can't I be both?
No! Because I want a mother who tells me what to do. A mother who tells me to do my homework, to go to bed. I want a mother with her own life, her own friends. I don't want a mother who makes a fool of herself, flirting around with some guy who's half her age! I know it isn't all about me, but why does it have to be all about you?
I'm sorry.
Sorry for what? For caring about me? For giving me the first real home I ever had? For being the dad I never had and always wanted? For forgiving me my past mistakes and being so supportive and kind? You have nothing to be sorry for.
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