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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 283571" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>I agree, at least in terms of how TV needed (still needs) to depict raising children more realistically. The soap genre really is the worst when it comes to depictions of "genuine" children. They even invented SORAS (Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome) as a method of avoiding having to write for kids of certain, difficult ages. Knots likely thought that having one "problem child" at a time would be enough, though, since too many problematic children at once would be...well, <em>a little too realistic</em>. So Olivia became the resident problem child once Diana moved into adulthood, while Eric, Michael, and especially Jason and Brian remained perfect "soap kids" who were mostly seen and not heard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 283571, member: 27"] I agree, at least in terms of how TV needed (still needs) to depict raising children more realistically. The soap genre really is the worst when it comes to depictions of "genuine" children. They even invented SORAS (Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome) as a method of avoiding having to write for kids of certain, difficult ages. Knots likely thought that having one "problem child" at a time would be enough, though, since too many problematic children at once would be...well, [I]a little too realistic[/I]. So Olivia became the resident problem child once Diana moved into adulthood, while Eric, Michael, and especially Jason and Brian remained perfect "soap kids" who were mostly seen and not heard. [/QUOTE]
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