Laughing at ourselves

We should all be able to recognise ourselves in many of the sitcoms we watch. My favourite is Big Bang Theory but I don't see me in it. One all parents should identify with is The Middle. We really enjoy this one. Three kids, a teenage boy, the middle child is a girl with braces and no grace and the third child is a strange but adorable young boy. We love this programme (this programme).
The mother was Raymond's long suffering wife in the sitcom I really didn't find funny and dad was the great janitor in Scrubs. He is currently unemployed and she is a used car salesperson on the brink most of the time of being fired. I think many people around the world will identify with them.
It's a sort of more modern day Malcolm in the Middle.
But you know what I like most about the whole thing, while mum is - as in real life - the tough parent, dad steps in when needed and is never portrayed as a bumbling idiot as seems to be the norm with most family life comedies.
Have a great weekend