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Hack My Home (2023)
More overuse of the word hack & tries too hard to be kooky..
So tired of every little thing now being called a "hack" & since that is in the name of the show they say it every few minutes. There were good, creative ideas, designs, & innovation, so please call them those grownup things, & not "hacks". The show tries too hard to make their hosts interesting by making them look & act eccentric & kooky to the point of it being fake. Ati Williams is the only one of the hosts who came across as real & personable. Kudos to the actual carpenters behind the scenes that do the actual work.
I would love to see the condition of the house in the first show a few weeks later with the 4 out of control boys who had no respect for anything. They were too old to be purposely dumping paint on themselves in the workshop - no adult tried to reign anything in. There's a difference between being creative & just allowing them be messy & rude. I wonder how long it was before one of the boys squished one or more of his brothers with the push button moving wall in the kids' tv area or jammed it up because of toys underneath? With all the moving components, the space only works if the kids are taught how to help pick up after themselves. They need to have respect for their home, the space, the things in it & their parents. They didn't have it before, so they can't learn that with the nice space given to them if they are never taught or made to be responsible.
Not sure if I will watch more episodes, there was a lot going on that was hard to stomach.
Parenthood: Limbo (2014)
Love the show, but am over the kids running each household & all the interrupting
This episode has a Max tantrum & his parents defend his right to have it, while also criticizing Sarah for stopping him, but they also worry about his transition to high school. Yes, the school & teachers handled several things poorly in previous episodes, partly due to not being trained in how to handle a child with Asperger's, but when he is always allowed to say & do whatever without any guidance to social cues, discussions of others feelings, & what is acceptable & what is rude, he will never make a transition to high school or adulthood in the real world. Letting him do whatever & telling him he is "normal" doesn't help. They get mad at Sarah for stopping him from using the printer at her work after he barged in & took over her computer while she's right in the middle of a big work project. Max shoved her out of the way & told her that she was selfish. Hello? He learned nothing by not being held accountable. He doesn't feel others' emotions, but he can learn how to read people & learn how to respond to what they are feeling instead of being allowed to run people over, be hateful, & selfish. This should have started with him YEARS ago, years before puberty & before other kids around him get older & meaner. In the next episode Mom lets Max tell her she can't go on his field trip, so, she doesn't, because the kids run things, but then later they have to make a 4 hour+ roundtrip to go get him when he has a meltdown because the other kids make fun of him. They have never worked to prepare him for anything, he is just allowed to run everything & then they're surprised when he or others have issues. In the early stages of his diagnosis they were still learning, but now they should have a better handle on it because he is getting worse. I'm guessing by the last season everything will suddenly be fine & worked out to end it.
Don't even get me started on Sydney being allowed to be a brat. She at 10 or 11 throws fits at home, at school, in public & the parents kiss her butt & give in every time. She's screaming that she hates her brother in the next episode & when mom raises her voice Sydney yells back that she shouldn't be yelling & that the separation is her brother's fault & is the cause of mom yelling - not Sydney herself's fault, of course. In the Green Week episode she makes fun of mom publicly several times while she is teaching the kids & loudly throws a fit about pjs & not sleeping at dad's, and of course mom gives in. Mom & dad concede every single time - unless it undermines the other parent, then they are suddenly able to stand their ground.
The other peeve I have with this show is the constant talking over each other - every conversation, nonstop, all the time. There is an enormous amount of stammering & unfinished sentences - is that really in the script? There is no normal flow of conversation with everyone interrupting or answering before the other person has even finished talking. Exactly why I couldn't stand Gilmore Girls & didn't watch it.