From Mala Bhattacharjee
You know I love me some Snyders on AS THE WORLD TURNS. In fact, I would usually take Team Snyder over GENERAL HOSPITAL's violent Corinthos-Morgan clan any day. Not today, however. Today I saw Parker, the son of two upstanding cops (Hal and Jack), take the same path as mobster child, Michael — he picked up a gun to solve a problem. I will not deny that wanting to defend your mother is noble, but have we really reached an era of soap operas where we have to watch teens and preteens wield weapons? Is this really quality television?

And what does it say that shotgun-totin' Holden and his cousin Jack, who owns a gun for his job, are proving no better role models than hit man Jason and mafia don Sonny? I pretty much expect mini-mobster Michael to buy bullets on the docks and wave a gun around. It's a sad fact, but that's the path that child has been on ever since mobsters trumped the doctors in Port Charles. It's a different story in Oakdale. It makes me a little sick inside that the Snyder guys, who are pretty good TV dads, haven't taught Parker better. What are ATWT's writers thinking in taking Parker down this path? I tune into soaps for family drama, for romance. If I wanted to watch teens engaged in random gun violence, I'd turn on the news...or flip to GH.

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