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Molly and Mack

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Teenytinyvoice · 26/11/2018 12:44

I’m confused about Molly and Mack - Mack is Molly’s brother, and her Dad runs the crèche, but her Dad doesn’t look aloud enough to be Mack’s dad?

Yes, I know it’s a children’s show, but I need to know!

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Biaspot · 27/11/2018 18:03

I would like to know as well because that does not look macks dad. Looks like something else is going on there.

Noony1 · 28/11/2018 20:11

It looks like he had his son when he was about 12. The series is set in Fife though so that is probably quite realistic.

Thishatisnotmine · 28/11/2018 20:15

One is her dad? I did think two older brothers or a they were both in a relationship. I have only seen about fice minutes of it in total though.

Ginnymweasley · 28/11/2018 20:17

He must have been a teenage dad. It's the only explanation. My dd loves it and has taken to singing the oops song every time something even slightly goes wrong. It's rather annoying.

Lisamarie4 · 29/11/2018 12:47

I've just googled it Molly is 8yrs mack is 18yrs and the dad is 39 lol 🙂

BabySharkDooDooDooDoo · 29/11/2018 17:42

I like molly and mack its a good wee programme. I liked the dad when he was in river city. Ds loves singing the i have an idea song

BalconyDoor · 29/11/2018 17:46

I always thought they were gay parents ConfusedBlush

Galvantula · 29/11/2018 17:58

DD is obsessed with this show.

She runs around singing the disaster/idea songs with dramatic arm flourishes and tries to get her big brother to be Mack. Also we're all supposed to sing "she has an idea" back to her or we get in trouble.

I'm just enjoying a break from endless Topsy and Tim requests tbh.

Oo harsh Noony1.

bluechameleon · 29/11/2018 18:25

I also thought they were gay parents until DH corrected me. I thought that was what the line about "a family built on love" in the song was referring to.

Rachie1986 · 11/12/2018 18:21

DD adores this so I am fairly familiar...

Mack is Molly's brother. He has a girlfriend (Daisy) who appears in most episodes.
Molly's Mum is mentioned in episode 1 as having died, hence why it's only the 3 of them.

I find the songs a bit irritating, but quite like the theme song (and will admit to getting a bit teary at it occasionally, but I do have a 9day old baby!). It's a welcome break from certain other shows (I'm looking at you, irritating twins with your perfect parents!)

Galvantula · 11/12/2018 20:57

Rachie I've not had to watch Topsy and Tim since the M&M obsessing started.

Result! Grin

Maccamoo · 11/12/2018 21:35

Watch Molly and Mack everyday with my DS and currently preggo. 4 or 5 times I wake for a pee in the night I've got that bloomin 'I have an idea - she has an idea - it's just popped into my head I have and idea' song bouncing round ma heed!!!

HarryPotterandtheSAHM · 11/12/2018 21:51

So glad others have been pondering this too! I even tried to google. What confuses me is that in the intro Molly and Mack are walking along and then the dad joins them on their way in? Do they not all live together?

Thinkdeeper · 14/05/2019 08:54

I was taken from my mother in a labor ward at birth and am very sensitive to promotions for family-building that promote maternal-neonatal separation as I know from experience that it is traumatic. I just saw the beginning of Molly and Mack, saw the two young men and female child together and the song about the family built on love and I was immediately triggered to search online about what I was seeing. It's a relief to hear that they are brothers but I find it odd that the images and song are juxtaposed in this way. I have been similarly triggered by other children's shows such as Dinosaur Train (song promotes adoption/baby's origins and mother erased) and Sesame Street, Arthur and Play School have all had episodes that support maternal-neonatal separation for modern "family building." Call me overly-sensitive but that is my burden! and the burden of many many other adoptees. And I just happen to live in an era determined to erase women and motherhood by various means.

SleepingStandingUp · 14/05/2019 08:58

DH was very impressed with the progressive nature of CBEEBIES having a gay couple as parents.

Had to explain it was his kid...

They prob needed to find an older looking Dad...

jgpyjwc · 17/05/2019 11:14

hahaha you make me laugh

Thinkdeeper · 18/05/2019 03:33

Promoting family formation by the procuring of children off their mothers isn't progressive. Its a step backwards for child rights, women's rights and adoptee rights. As we always say in Adoption Land "If adoption is so great - which one of YOUR kids can I have?"

UpsyDaaaisy · 02/06/2019 18:01

thinkdeeper there are many different reasons for adoption taking place and while I understand you may be sensitive about the topic adoption can sometimes be a positive. Its not always a case of ripping babies from parents at birth. I for one enjoy shows like this because it shows that not all families are the same or 'sterotypical'. Two men could adopt a baby that was neglected and/or abused and have saved them from a lifetime of emotiomal difficulties and trauma. I see that as a positive.

Thinkdeeper · 11/06/2019 09:55

Easy to wish to a life without a mother on another human being. Harder to be that child without a mother. We used to have sympathy and compassion for children who lost their mothers and grew up without one. Now its politically incorrect in a world where adult's rights to parent trump child rights. Adoption doesn't "save" anybody. Removal saves them. Adoption merely ensures they have their identity stolen, have their birth certificate faked, are disinherited and severed from all legal rights to their own family and are not provided with any welfare checks once adopted. But the general public usually has little idea that this is what adoption actually is (really it was developed to hide babies of unwed mothers thats why all that changing identity stuff is there.) You can care for children without doing this to them. That is why I am anti-adoption and advocate or other forms of care, including family based care. But thanks for listening to me and discussing nicely as it is very easy to just call me a bigot as I have been called before!!!

LottieBalloo · 11/06/2019 10:05

I thought it was gay dads as well at first so I told DS ooh look she's got two daddies. Then I realised about the brother and dad thing so I said oh look mummy was wrong, and explained, but no matter what now we always have him explaining it's two daddies and we are the ones who are wrong! Great show though. I want one of those creche/boutique/market/cafe places near me!

buttons81 · 22/07/2019 02:23

@Thinkdeeper , It is her brother and her dad. Her mum died when she was young. She has not been taken from her family. It is her family! I understand that this might trigger you but not everyone has bad history with adoption.

Thinkdeeper · 31/07/2019 23:56

i love it when people who were nursed by their own mothers at birth tell adoptees that not everyone has a bad history with adoption. Support maternal-neonatal separation! it doesnt traumatise babies at all! they dont know one woman from another! adoption yay! thank goodness for all those happy grateful adoptees in the fog, raised from birth to say how good adoption is. Its called 'socialisation'. If adoption is so great: which one of your kids can I have? (Sorry about the sarcasm! I was going to delete my comments as but couldnt help responding to this last one!). I'm sure the show is great - I just wanted to know if it was promoting child removal and commodification for the purposes of family building or not: no its not so there is no issue here.

Hocuspocus7 · 05/10/2019 17:53

@thinkdeeper I’m sorry you’ve had a terrible experience with adoption but its a shame your first thought on seeing what you thought was a same sex couple and their child was so negative or triggering as you put it .

In many cases the little one is better off with a loving family, and I’m speaking from experience here.

It’s not an easy decision to remove a child from their mother/parents and it’s a lot Harder than you think - birth mothers at risk of removal have a ton of support, however in many cases, due to violence, criminal behaviour , drug/sexual abuse the little one has no chance.

And on same sex male parents, studies have shown they have less chance of an adoption ‘breakdown’, with no long differences form opposite sex parents. This is attributed to a more open minded approach to kids with challenges and less heartache around conception issues

You would be amazed at the kids that are thriving in these loving households.

SleepingIsOverrated · 05/10/2019 17:56

The Dad looked much older back in his Raven days...

SleepingStandingUp · 06/10/2019 16:12

@Thinkdeeper if you're anti adoption, what do you believe is the best option for children who have been abused by their parents? I'm thinking of friends who adopted a little girl who was severely beaten by her parents who are now in jail for it. She has complex medical and learning needs and gets far more stimulation in a family setting than she would in a care home. Obviously that's one example but it isn't always about tearing a baby from the arms of its loving mother.

My understanding of Dinosaur Train is that the egg was abandoned in her nest rather than they took it away from the mother so it was feed and love the t rex or abandon it and let it die