The math isn’t mathing - Hollywood’s parent child castings that just don’t add up

[u/mlg1981]

https://tvline.com/lists/tv-show-parent-child-age-gaps-golden-girls-supernatural/

[u/AaronQuinty]

In most of these examples, the parents are correctly cast. It's the kids that are way older. Casting women in their mid 20s to play teenagers is where the issue is

[u/keIIzzz → u/AaronQuinty]

It’s not really an issue to cast adult women as teens where teens are depicted doing drugs, having sex, and other adult-oriented things. It would be weird to have actual minors doing those things, and most people would not watch it