It's a lesson few children learn. Parents aren't always right. And fewer admit it. If only the realized how much it helped a child grow, that even in adulthood you can still be wrong, and that's alright as long as you own up to it and make it right.

People think just because they're adults that they don't have any growing up left to do. Life humbles some of us and we end up changing ourselves for the better. Unfortunately, life doesn't humbles us all.

i wish there was a sence were maya talking to shawn and she like well cory never did anything, and he like cory pee on a cop car, did a walk out in school, work for the mob for a min. push his dad, so yea he made mistaken so he still love you when you make mistakes

@@krosse9692 I told that to everyone in my family, and the only ones who actually agreed were the children and young adults who were sick and tired of the terrible behaviour from their parents

Alan is lowkey the best tv dad

True. They always had each other’s backs. That’s real friendship.

Though an argument could be made that a real friend wouldn’t have let a friend get drunk like that and would have just told the truth so the friend would get help and that’s having a frien’s back too.

@@kellyolson1952 And you had that kind of wisdom as a teenager? Perspective matters

Nah…that was a little bit of manipulation

Until the writers of the follow up show wrote Cory like a do*che that never reached out to Shawn in 7 years and let the relationship fall apart. I had a friend like Shawn and sure, we don't talk every day or week and our lives are in different states etc... but I am still the godfather of his first child and we still catch up from time to time. If Cody was as decent a human as he was written to be, then he would not have ignore Shawn completely for almost a decade.

Today's youth have nothing even close to this

That is why they called programs

Absolutley

life lessons thats why. Family Matters, Full house, etc, those shows back in the day while they had their comedy, ,life lessons were also taught instead of just stupid haha jokes left and right.

I grew up watching this show. Loved it

This entire episode was pulled from The Disney Airing

​@@Grown_Bwhy? What was seen as problematic.

@Strife93 more scenes of Drunk Cory and Shawn in the street.

3rd son

@@Slacker201 yeah that's what I meant. LOL I forgot Eric existed for a second.

​@jayleciadavila4405 there is no eric... only plays with squirrels

Why are you all keep saying that about Alan? Alan only apologized because he looked like an a-hole in front of everyone. What Alan said to Shawn was how he really felt about him. When a drunk person say things about you it's the truth. Alan was drunk with rage.

​@@disguiseddv8ant486he does see Shawn as a thrid son. Later episodes proved such and even when Shawn gifted Alan with a mold of his handprints for his birthday.

Right! Genius and tear jerking writing.

Not really as rare as people think it is.

The hardest thing for me to hear in all of this is Alan's omission that Shawn is very much a son to him as well. The fury that came out and assigning blame to a kid, who he has spent years trying to pull him out of a bad situation and being an example of family and love, was out of character for Alan.

​@@TheDetroitLFCI agree, but it's very realistic. Btw it's admission, not omission

​@propogandalf it's omission because he didn't say it in the scene. It's almost like those feelings of Shawn being like a son to him went away in this scene

never once got an apology from my parents lol

💯 he steals the scene

hes way more realistic than a lot of the tv dads at that time. he showed anger, but also gave kindness and understanding.

Alan felt like a dad. Cory, as a dad felt well not very dad like despite being a father on GMW

@@123videos456 Cory felt like Cory with a kid. I'm with you.

Don't ever watch American History X😅

What an ignorant comment. Fathers who adopt children don't see their children as adopted or love them different from biological kids. The kids are theirs, period. A better thing to write would have been Alan saw Shawn as another son.

I was suicidal for 6 years. You can overcome. God loves you, He would have given His life for you, even if you were the only human to ever exist. Why do something that would make Him sad? Let Him make your life better.

Absolutely, the hardest part is recognizing and admitting to yourself you have a problem and need help. For some people they realize far too late!

@@Zathren Still waiting for him to make my life better

@@nofybn7794 That depends on you.

especially that adults/people in power can and should apologize. Shawn's had issues with authority his whole life up to this point because hes seen how they can be dishonest or punish unfairly. Modeling what maturity and responsibility ACTUALLY look like to him even as he tries to protect Cory...Alan (and Feeny) were better fathers to him than Chet was

@@rainestar82 Don't forget Jonathan Turner as well, who was a 3rd father to Shawn.

Impactful comment

You’re splitting hairs

It's powerful when you see a grown man straight up admit he was wrong like this. One time when I was a teenager, my Dad misplaced a $100 bill. He accused me of taking it and we got into an argument. He disappeared into his room for about an hour, came back with a really sad look on his face, put his hand on my shoulder while looking me in the eyes and handed me a $100 bill, then said "I'm sorry, I was wrong. I found this while cleaning." One of the few times I've seen my Dad on the verge of tears. That example sticks with me all these years later. I've been on the edge about apologizing to someone and remembering that moment pushed me to do the right thing.

I think the problem is is that if he was quick to act this way, its because he had these beliefs for a long time. Apology aside, it was something he had felt toward Shawn for a substantial amount of time that just needed a tipping point to bring to the surface.

@@TheWykedKaraprobably because Shawn was a bad influence for most of their friendship lmao

That's what fathers - fathers that care and stick around for their kids - do. Yes, sometimes we screw up and jump to conclusions, but it's always because we care about our kids. And he set a good example here by apologizing.

@@ryanmorrissette27except he wasnt, if anything Corey was just as bad an influence as Shawn was.

@@ryanmorrissette27what show have you been watching? Lol when was Shawn a bad influence?

Heh…that we know of

Also, everyone should have a friend as loving and protective as Shawn. His first instinct is to have Cory's back and take responsibility, in a misguided effort to protect Cory from losing his parents' respect and trust. Shawn knows he won't be in trouble because he feels he has no one to disappoint, so he'll take the brunt of Alan's anger for Cory. What a character, what a performance, what a scene overall!

(Ahem) American History X? Was he a good dad in that?

@amysmileyreid95 no, but I wasn't talking about American History X, or William Russ' performance in it.

@@amysmileyreid95 Yes, he spoke nothing but fax 📠 no printer 🖨️ tho, at the dinner table. If you disagree your a pansy!

@@ludicrouspopinjay4884 It's not that he feels like he has no one to disappoint, it's that he has no parents, there's no one at home to ground him. There's 0 impact to his bad behavior.

It's good to know the writers knew to insert comic relief when it was needed. Tension needs to be thick in a case like this, but not rock hard. Boy Meets World showed that a little levity never hurts in situations like these.

@aragorniielessar1894 There's always a bit of disappointment that occurs in everyone's child no matter who they're raised by. I've made tons of mistakes as a child, and I was relatively raised in a protective household . I turned out fine, and so did Cory, but as a parent, you have to know your child won't always make the right decisions for themselves. It's a part of growing up.

Yup. Everyone makes mistakes at some point, regardless how well they're raised or how good a home life they have. Alan shouldn't have jumped to conclusions. Innocent until proven guilty.

I’m a social worker and have worked with kids and families. I always explain to parents how important it is to own their behavior in front of the their kids and even apologize when it’s appropriate. There’s usually a chip on their shoulder or they have this concern it is going to undermine their authority. But I have to tell them that it doesn’t, and that it actually makes kids respect them more and feel respected themselves, which actually influences them to listen to them more. That’s how you win over “unruly” kids: you don’t keep trying to push your authority on them bc chances are everyone, even the law, has done that. You listened. And you talk TO them not AT them. It is completely possible to hold people accountable for their behavior without shaming them or trying to push guilt on them. The problem is many adults lack the patience and emotional intelligence to do so. And the result is they end up arguing with a freaking child without realizing how stupid they look. Or they end up just hitting them bc they lack the same capacity of emotional regulation as the kid themselves. So you basically have a larger child hitting a smaller one.

It's true. All they have to look up to is Lil' Crackhead rapper or some dumbass youtube "influencer" that shouldn't be influencing a rock.

Don't start me

@@wendyokoopa7048 lol. Fire away!

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 "Kids these days..." - Jeffrey Dahmer

I think cory is just short

No. Our fathers didn't take that bullshit unlike your generation. @@briantep458

Watching as an adult gave me major flashbacks to my youth. I felt that big time. My dad never hit me, but the thought that he might was enough.

How is he a bmf? He's an actor it's not real.

@@Ricky_Spanishh Ricky I am not referring to William Russ the actor. I am referring to Alan Matthews the character. Read buddy read.

I agree his family abandon him. I didn’t have anyone but Cory, Shawn could’ve turned out even worse. Who could blame him for acting out. He didn’t get the same love as Cory and Shawn never punished his friends for having that love.

@@vgspook19semipro yeah I wish I had a friend like him.

Same, I always watch a few for a few days and then move on. Then about 2 years later, one pops up and I do another few days. On and on.

There was also Carl Winslow from Family Matters!

They're the 90s Big 3.

I also need to add Danny Tanner from Full House!

Eric getting dumbed down is one of the major tropes of the dumber older sibling from 80s/90s/early 2000s tv sitcoms. We saw it with Kelly Bundy in Married with Children (who was certainly two pancakes short of a stack) but still relatively normal and no where near as dumb as she was by the end of the show. Then there was Junior from My Wife and Kids, also relatively normal (albeit not the sharpest tool in the shed), but another character who became increasingly more stupid as the episodes progressed (they low key made Claire dumb too, compared to her 1st season counterpart).

There was also Carl Winslow and Phillip Banks that say otherwise.

Me: If I was Cory, then I would get a job and live alone and keep on drinking beer alone more because that's my favorite thing to do.

you make the money you make the rules. If I ever had teenage kids I would encourage them to explore homelessness

What does drinking have to do to get a job? Alan should be overprotective darth Vader

@@rickyhuynh4641 he means that if Cory wants to compare himself to a responsible family man, then he can do all the difficult things responsible grown men do, too- get a job and take care of himself and orhers

​@@thefighter5182But that still wouldn't take away the pain of losing Topanga.

Lol you think the stuff today wasn't happening back then? Lol ok gramps

Lol okey dokey

Shawn

​@@mannyhernandez5bro 🤦

I see what you mean but I think it goes the opposite direction in that he still looks at Corey as the baby when Corey is older than Eric was at the start of the show at that point. Not to mention Shawn has gotten Corey into some dumb situations prior.

Alan apologized to Shawn for taking his anger out on him, not for his opinion of him. This is a lesson to dig into. Whwn Someone's opinion of you holds more weight than your opinion of yourself that's when you develop an unstable self image. Healthy Shawn would accept that Alan thinks poorly of him, and accept the apology because it was genuine and Alan was wrong. Continue to enjoy his friendship with Cory and soak up the lessons and values of a safe 2 parent household. But this takes vulnerability, and some of yall aint ready for that, so be offended and get nothing.

​@@SimplyaLady92I don't think Alam genuinely thinks poorly of Shawn. He just knows that he sometimes gets into things that "good boys" shouldn't. Later in the series he even offers to adopt Shawn and Shawn refused because he already felt like part of the family but also didn't want to deny his biological family.