History Main / OpenMindedParent

* This occurs in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' during the times when his SecretIdentity has been revealed to his folks (before the ResetButton, that is). They're always shocked at first, but they happily and unquestionably accept that their son is both a hero and half ghost, despite their prejudice towards them. In the GrandFinale, Jack goes as far as claiming Danny should be his sidekick. Sam's parents however '''inverts''' this as they can't imagine ''anything'' their daughter does is for her own good.

* Ugga from ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'' is a downplayed example. While she's open to newer things unlike her father Grug, it's only ''slightly'' more than him, and she would usually (until CharacterDevelopment) agree with his choices.

* Hunter in ''Film/{{Blockers}}'' is well aware that his daughter Sam is gay, even before she realises herself, and is completely OK with it. Of the three parents who try to stop the sex pact, Hunter is the only one doing it not because of his own flaws but because he doesn't want Sam to sleep with a boy just because she thinks she has to.

** Seiko's mother. Despite acting a bit {{Tsundere}}, she is actually supportive of Seiko's unannounced move to Tokyo to draw...{{hentai}}. She is the reason why it takes a whole year for Tanaka to find out [[spoiler:[[ReallySeventeenYearsOld Seiko's real age]]]]; she ''deliberately'' left Tanaka's calls unanswered.

* Richard Series/{{Castle}} is one of these towards his daughter Alexis. Amusingly, Alexis is in any case actually far more mature and grounded than her father ever was, and perhaps even ''over''-responsible (on more than one occasion, he actually tries to push her into doing something crazy and irresponsible, believing she's spending the best years of her life wound a little too tight).

* In ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2'' Johnny becomes this for his and Mavis' son Dennis. Unlike the overprotective Mavis, Johnny is okay with letting Dracula help Dennis bring out his vampire powers.

* Chris' parents in ''Film/RockStar'', from letting Chris stay at [[BasementDweller home well into his mid-twenties]], to attending his shows and helping out, to loaning him makeup.

* On ''Series/GossipGirl'' Lily is this with Chuck. She's a lot less open-minded when it comes to Eric and Serena though.

** According to WordOfGod (and later shown in a comic), [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Avatar Korra's]] parents Tonraq and Senna are fully supportive of their daughter's romantic relationship with [[HonestCorporateExecutive Asami Sato]] -- while they're obviously a little surprised upon first learning of it, they're very happy for the two, even going so far as to treat Asami like a second daughter. However, Korra's parents do make a point of warning her and Asami that not everyone may be as accepting of the relationship as they are. Avatar Aang is also depicted as such in this series, as he, because of his Air Nomad upbringing, has absolutely no problems with his daughter Kya II being a lesbian.
* Maddie's dad in ''{{WesternAnimation/Amphibia}}'' is completely accepting of the fact that his oldest daughter is training to become a witch[=/=]Curse Master, as long as she cleans up after herself afterwards.
-->'''Maddie:''' I swear, I'm going to kill them [her little sisters]!\\
'''Maddie's Dad (cheerfully):''' Make sure to resurrect them when you're done!

* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'':
** Tenchi's grandfather very quickly accepted a whole flock of strangers moving into his house, although this was related to ''his'' secret identity, too. Rather the house belongs to Tenchi's father Nobuyuki, but then he probably likes the idea being surrounded by pretty women. And of course he's really aware of everything.
** Nobuyuki is also fairly open-minded regarding his son, too. When Nobuyuki sees Ryoko in Tenchi's room, he assumes that Tenchi snuck Ryoko in to sleep with her. Nobuyuki says that, as Tenchi's father, he should respect his son's privacy, and leaves them alone. Not that it stops him from trying to videotape it from outside "for posterity".
* ''Anime/MarmaladeBoy'':
** In the anime, Miki and Yuu spend the ''entire series'' worrying about their parents' reactions to the two of them dating, only to learn that all four parents knew about it the whole time and thought it was cute.
** In the manga, things aren't ''that'' easy since they really didn't know and Yuu's father Youji even gave him a slap for not asking, but it ends up fine anyway. Yuu thought he was not Youji's son but Jin's (Miki's father, long story) and he felt forced to break up with Miki, as that would make them half-siblings by blood. [[spoiler:He's really Youji's son. Youji felt vexed by this and angry that Yuu wouldn't just ask them, so he gets angry for the first time in the 8-volume manga.]]
* To a greater extreme, at the end of ''[[Anime/PrettySammy Magical Girl Pretty Sammy]]'', it's revealed that not only did her parents know Sasami was Pretty Sammy, but so did her entire school class. They just collectively decided to go along with the whole secret identity thing, because Sasami seemed to want it that way.
* In the first episode of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', Aki Hinata encounters Keroro the moment she gets home from work, and not only accepts him into the Hinata home but uses him as inspiration for a new manga character.
* Kagome's mom, grandpa, and brother are all very accepting of Kagome's time-traveling to fight demons in the feudal era in ''Manga/InuYasha''. They seemingly think [[YouCantFightFate it's better to accept and support Kagome's unavoidable destiny]] - Mrs. Higurashi is GenreSavvy enough to even buy presents for the rest of the group. They also don't have a problem with Inuyasha and notice early on that she has feelings for him. When her brother asks Inuyasha for romantic advice, he was shocked to learn that they had never told each other they were in love.

* In ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh'' Yuri is deeply worried about what will happen when he shows up at home with his entire boy harem, including his fiance, from another magical world where he is king. Much to his surprise, his parents already knew he was going to be king, and are merely disappointed that he didn't tell him sooner. His (male) fiance then proudly announces their engagement, despite all Yuri's protests, only for his mother and fiance to plan a shopping trip to buy a wedding gown, much to Yuri's horror.

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** In ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'', Daimon Sayuri was perfectly all right with her son bringing home a small dinosaur Digimon, calling him "Agu-chan" and scolding Masaru for fussing when he took the last of the fried eggs. She comes across as kind, but rather simple-minded, until [[spoiler:she reveals that she knew about DATS and Digimon all along, as that was why Masaru's DisappearedDad Suguru... well, disappeared. She had accepted long ago that Masaru would follow in his father's footsteps, and so was utterly unsurprised]].
** Back in the original ''Anime/{{Digimon|Adventure}}'', Izzy's parents take well to Tentomon once they're introduced, and his mother even jumps into linking Cupid to a Digital World prophecy despite not knowing the Digital World existed until recently. The trope is oddly {{Inverted|Trope}} when [[spoiler: Izzy himself finds out his parents' long-kept secret that he's [[HappilyAdopted adopted]], and reveals he'd suspected it already, still loves them and considers them very much his real parents.]]
** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'':
%% *** Ruki's mother eventually becomes one in the last 10 episodes.
*** Ruki's grandmother was not the least bit surprised about Renamon; apparently she just assumed that she had picked up a ''kitsune'' fox spirit protector.
*** Takato's parents are quite okay with Guilmon's presence. Mrs. Matsuda is more apprehensive, but not reaching the other extreme.

* Shinichi's parents in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' don't seem to mind that he's staying as a child so he can be with his girlfriend more. Not exactly in the beginning though, where Yusaku and Yukiko played a BatmanGambit to try to force Shinichi/Conan to come with them to the USA, so he'd get his condition cured and then testify against the Black Organization. He had to talk with them quite a bit to convince them otherwise.
* Kyu's mother in ''Manga/DetectiveSchoolQ''. When Kyu is back home one day, she tells him a "cutie" (his childhood friend Kaoru) has come to meet him and wonders if she is Kyu's girlfriend. She then leaves the home to buy groceries to leave Kyu and Kaoru alone. Later, when she sees Kyu and Kaoru holding hands (for an entirely different reason), she apologises for disturbing them. It's later hinted that [[spoiler: Mrs. Renjou is actually in a similar, but more down-to-earth situation as Sayuri Daimon. She married Satoru Renjou fully knowing that he was a policeman who lived constantly in danger, took it in stride even when Satoru had to [[ItsNotYouItsMe almost completely disappear from her and little Kyuu's lives to protect them]], and ever since his tragic death she's sensed that Kyuu will want to follow in his footsteps.]] Hence why she offered little resistance when Kyuu said he wanted to go to the DDS and supported him and his friends as much as she could. [[spoiler:She even lets Ryu live with them for a while.]]

* The Fujiwara couple in ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends'' are fairly reasonable when their foster son Natsume often shows up disheveled and in situations that he cannot fully explain to them. They are unaware of his spiritual abilities but are supportive and understanding regardless. One noteworthy example was Shigeru coming across a room that Natsume wrecked due to an exorcism spell to get rid of an evil spirit haunting the house. Since he had seen something like this before in the past, he knew Natsume didn't purposely destroy the room.
* Souji's mother in ''Literature/GonnaBeTheTwinTail'' is... special, for sure. For one, she's not only okay with this whole Tail Red gender-swapping heroine nonsense, but she's also fine with Twoearle converting the basement of the house into a secret base, never mind her complete blessing for Twoearle to jump Souji's bones. In the light novel, she admits that both she and Souji's father were stricken by a serious case of {{chuunibyou}}, which is why she was totally okay with her son being a hero by proxy, as he was living his parents' fondest dreams.
-->'''Miharu:''' Souji, your mother grew up with an aggravated case of chuunibyou. I passed my days dreaming of becoming a heroine who protected the world, and it finally didn't come true and I became a mother of one. But, listen, I passed that dream down through the umbilical cord and entrusted it to you.\\
'''Souji:''' What are you doing to your kid before he's even born!!
* In ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', Mahiro finds out that his mother Yoriko is coming home early and worries about her finding out about his PrettyFreeloaders Nyarko and Cuko, partly because he's afraid she'll think he's the type of son who brings girls home when his parents are away, but mostly because they're {{Eldritch Abomination}}s straight out of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. When Yoriko does show up, she's fully aware of what they are because she's a [[ActionMom part-time monster hunter and god-slayer]] (something Mahiro didn't know about) and is completely fine with them staying under her roof as long as they don't cause too much trouble [[MamaBear or hurt her Hiro-kun]]. Later on, she declares that she's perfectly fine with Nyarko romantically pursuing Mahiro, but encourages her to take it slow, because "high schoolers should have a high school romance."\\\
Of course, Yoriko's initial reaction to hearing [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the names "Nyarlathotep" and "Cthuguha"]] is to pull out [[ImprobableWeaponUser throwing forks]] and tell Mahiro to get away from them; after being convinced that they have no intention of hurting him (an impression aided by Nyarko's adorable pet shantak-bird), she softens and decides they can stay. Even THAT reaction is a sign that she's completely accepted the bizarre nature of the situation and is willing to go all MamaBear on an EldritchAbomination or two if that's what it takes to protect her son.
* Shino Aizawa's mother, in ''Manga/AizawaSanMultiplies'', takes the fact that her daughter [[LiteralSplitPersonality has divided into five different copies of herself]] with only the declaration that she's ready to make dinner for them all. She claims it's because the women in the family all develop a PubertySuperpower. In fact, she's more interested ([[ShipperOnDeck and encouraging]]) that Shino finally brought her crush home.
* Mako's mother from ''Manga/WanderingSon'' is the only parent depicted who takes their child coming out as transgender in stride; the others are either angry or confused. Mako expects her mom to be upset but she ends up being supportive.
* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
** ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'': At the beginning of the series, Minami was prepared to follow in her family business. However, towards the end of the series, she decided she wanted to be a marine biologist. She was worried at first of her parents' reaction, but they completely understand and are supportive of her new dream.
** Similarly in ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'', when Saaya's mother Leila catches her daughter confessing that she now wants to be a doctor instead of chasing her original dream to be an actress, she is supportive of her daughter's new goal...though doesn't hide enough sadness about her child growing up to avoid becoming the MonsterOfTheWeek.
* Shizuku's parents in ''Anime/WhisperOfTheHeart'' are surprisingly open-minded about their daughter choosing to spend examination time writing her first novel instead of studying -- especially when you consider that she ''refused to tell them what she was up to.''
* Sosuke's mother in ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea'' is awfully quick, if flabbergasted, to accept the reality of Ponyo as a transforming goldfish girl, not to mention when the nursing home she works at is covered by the sea protected by a magic bubble and she has a heart-to-heart chat with the Queen of the Sea who wants her to adopt Ponyo if she chooses to become human.
* Invoked in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid''. Mr. Magatsuchi has no problem with [[ComedicLolicon Lucoa]] staying in his house and sleeping naked in his 10-year-old son's bed because it's family tradition that everyone is responsible for their own familiars.
* In ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'', Asahi's parents are stunningly open-minded, accepting not only the fact that their son's girlfriend is a [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire half-vampire]], but that [[spoiler:she's already pregnant with their daughter thanks to how vampiric blood-drinking works in this setting]]. As for Youko's parents, her mother was a ShipperOnDeck from the beginning, and while her father was a BoyfriendBlockingDad for a while, [[spoiler:Asahi won him over with his honest and heartfelt devotion to Youko, and when he's told about the pregnancy he's perfectly calm and understanding.]]
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Chibiusa's parents, Mamoru and Usagi Tsukino, are remarkably open-minded about letting their daughter fight with them in some extremely dangerous battles, and deliberately allow her to go back in time more than once after her initial time travel adventure to continue with it, which is even more impressive given that Chibiusa has the mind and size of a roughly 6= or 7-year-old child to begin with, and later on grows into something closer to 10 and 12 as the seasons go by. When Chibiusa stays with Kenji, Ikkuko, and Shingo, her grandparents and uncle are also rather happy to see her do largely whatever she wants to at whatever time and place with Usagi, Mamoru, and their friends who are twice as old as she is to start out.
* ''Manga/IThinkOurSonIsGay'': The series viewpoint character is Tomoko, a housewife [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin who suspects her teenage son Hiroki is probably gay]]. Her narration makes it perfectly clear that she's fine with this, even finding Hiroki's flustered reactions to various close calls cute. The only reason she doesn't tell Hiroki she knows is she is willing to wait for him to come out to her himself. In the meantime, she offers what support she can, such as running interference when her husband, who has no clue about his son's sexuality, makes InnocentlyInsensitive remarks about homosexuals.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has a downplayed example with [[spoiler:[[BigBadDuumvirate Kaido]]]] of all people. His [[spoiler: daughter Yamato is a huge {{Fanboy}} of [[PosthumousCharacter Kozuki Oden]] and she tells Kaido she wants to be like Oden. Yamato means that literally and Oden was a man. Her father gave her a beating for this but apart from that Kaido apparently took it relatively in stride, considering that now he refers to her as "his son"]]. So the father doesn't approve of his child's decision but he still acknowledges it.
* In ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', Shiori Manaka listens to her daughter's Ao proposal to [[spoiler: stay with Mira's family rather than [[ReallyMovesAround move]]]]. She raises some legitimate objections, but after Ao continues to plead her case, she agrees to talk it over with Ao's father, [[spoiler:and the family accepts Ao's proposal]].
* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable:'' Ryohei Higashikata, police officer of Morioh and the grandfather of main protagonist Josuke, unbridledly loves both his daughter and grandson, even considering the fact that his daughter had sex with a married man who's 42 years older than her, and his grandson is an illegitimate child, [[CultureClash which is seen as a major sin in Japan]].
* ''Manga/{{Citrus}}'': Yuzu worries a lot about coming out as a lesbian to her parents and even apologizes to her mother for it when she tells her. But both of them are perfectly fine with it and offer their support and comfort.

* In ''Fanfic/GhostsOfEvangelion'' Shinji and Asuka do not mind their daughter's eccentricities and delinquent habits as long as Ryuko is happy.
* Played for "EvenEvilHasLovedOnes" points in ''Teen Titans: Witch-Hunt'': What Jackson finds most surreal about his father being Black Manta is how a ruthless butcher of anything Atlantean is simultaneously a dad accepting enough of his son coming out as gay to help plan a rainbow-themed party.

* In the ''Series/HannahMontana'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4453465/1/Thirst Thirst]]", after Miley has spent time agonising over her self-realisation that she's in love with Lilly, when she finally gets the nerve to tell her father, Robbie Ray assures her that he recognises that Lilly is the most important thing in Miley's life, and he never wants Miley to feel as though she has to apologise for loving someone, giving Miley hope that she can weather how the rest of her family might react so long as her father's on her side.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2927333/1/Ariel-Belle Ariel & Belle]]'' (a ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' and ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' crossover): Early on, Belle confesses to her father that she isn't like other girls and wonders if there's something wrong with her; she admits that if most girls read the stories she did, they'd imagine themselves in the role of the princess, but ''she'' pictures herself as the hero who comes to the princess's rescue. Maurice's response is to laugh and say, "That's ''it''? Just as long as you don't imagine yourself as the villain, it's fine by me!" Later, after realizing how much she cares for Ariel, Maurice isn't bothered in the slightest; the second story says early on that while they haven't discussed Ariel and Belle's relationship in detail, he loves his daughter unconditionally and has quickly come to see Ariel almost as a second daughter.
* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinB3Remixed'' downplays this with Shaya’s parents. While they do end up being supportive of their daughter, they aren’t so fond of her boyfriend.

* Olive's parents in ''Film/EasyA''... almost to the point of being creepy. They're also GoodParents.

* One can't help but get this impression from [[Creator/EugeneLevy Jim's dad]] in the ''Film/AmericanPie'' series - every mishap Jim gets into, he's there to give a helping hand and a word of advice ([[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents whether Jim wants it or not]]).

* ''Film/AntoniasLine'': Antonia wins a gold medal. Not only does she agree to Danielle's plan to get pregnant without a husband, but she also takes her to the city to find a man. And goes with her daughter and said man to the hotel. And ''waits outside on the lawn'' while Danielle has sex twice. And asks Danielle if she had an orgasm as they leave.
* Hunter in ''Film/{{Blockers}}'' is well aware that his daughter Sam is gay, even before she realises herself, and is completely OK with it. Of the three parents who try to stop the sex pact, Hunter is the only one doing it not because of his own flaws but because he doesn't want Sam to sleep with a boy just because she thinks she has to.
* One of the big plot points in ''Make A Yuletide Gay'' is Olaf hesitating to explain that Nathan, his roommate who comes into his family's Christmas party is his lover because he doesn't want to be disowned like his campus mate after coming out. When he finally does explain, though, the same thing as the trope image above happens except the parents' role is reversed. Shortly later on, Olaf's parents reveal that they have been suspicious of Olaf's sexuality for six years when he was still a sophomore in high school.
* ''Film/Adam2019'': Gillian's parents were very accepting of her being a lesbian, suing after she was barred from entering prom in tow with her girlfriend. She says her mom is also really into her sexuality, having watched ''Film/TheIncrediblyTrueAdventureOfTwoGirlsInLove'' "about a hundred times".
* ''Film/{{Crush|2022}}'': Angie is extremely so, instantly accepting Paige's being a lesbian and getting a little ''too'' much for her taste sometimes, like offering her sex toys (because she's also very sex-positive generally).
* ''Film/CassanovaWasAWoman'': After being told by Cassanova that she's with a woman, her mom is a bit surprised but easily accepts this, so long as they love each other.
* ''Film/DuckButter'': Sergio's mother Susana is wholly fine with free love, even speaking fondly of life prior to AIDS where it was more carefree, and is totally fine that her daughter is seeing Nima, another woman. Nima is uncomfortable at just ''how'' open-minded Susana is in fact.
* ''Film/{{Juno}}'': Juno's father and stepmother are incredibly supportive when Juno reveals [[TeenPregnancy she's pregnant]]. While they're shocked, and Juno's dad grumbles about [[GroinAttack punching her boyfriend in the dick]] next time he sees him, they get over it remarkably quickly and immediately focus on figuring out what to do. When Juno reveals her intent to give the baby up for adoption, they get to work helping her prepare, meeting the prospective adoptive parents with her, and helping her set up a doctor's appointment. They're obviously not ''happy'' with the situation, but never shame or scold Juno for it, and fully respect her choices and independence.
* ''Film/EntreNous2021'': Elodie's stepfather Roity is wholly accepting of her being a lesbian. He even encourages her to have a child with her fiancée Laetitia. She's very grateful for him, as many LGBT+ people (including Laetitia) don't have a straight relative like this supporting them in their lives.

* ''Film/{{Attachment}}'': Lev tells Maja Chana's issues with her and Leah don't stem from their being lesbians. He doesn't care about it either, despite both him and Chana being Orthodox Jews. This appears to be true, since while Chana often nags Leah about things, she never mentions her sexuality as a problem, though it's hardly a secret (they're sharing a bed, while Chana's walked in before when they had sex). Leah never mentions this explicitly though, with her only telling Maja her mom's aware of her being with women.

* The recurring character Doug in Creator/{{MTV}}'s sketch comedy ''Series/TheState'' has a father who is a producer for a record company, and who is impossibly cool -- to the point where Doug's friends prefer to hang out with him than with Doug.
-->'''Dad:''' Doug, are these your cigarettes?\\
'''Doug:''' Yeah, and what if they are? You gonna send me out to Grandma's house so that she can teach me pinochle and make me bland?\\
'''Dad:''' No. Can I bum one?

* Carlos Reyes’ parents are a downplayed version of this, from what we know in ''Series/NineOneOneLoneStar''. After he came out to them as a teenager, they reacted with seeming support, telling him they loved him… and never broached the subject again for years, which made Carlos think they hadn’t meant what they said. While his father is the first to give his support for TK and Carlos’ relationship in season 2, Carlos’ mother in season 4 admits that not knowing how to talk about her son’s homosexuality during that time was “the greatest regret of her life”.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'''s Jonathon and Martha Kent sometimes lean to the overprotective side, but mostly they are perfectly fine with their son racing around saving lives and fighting mutants. They also tend to be the ones who help him get a handle on his new powers.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Joyce Summers tries her absolute hardest to be one after finding out Buffy is The Slayer. She gets there in the end, but it takes her a full season! She attempts to tag along on Buffy's patrols and even brings snacks!
** Furthermore, Giles' role as TeamDad repeatedly has him being the best father any of the cast has ever had, from being fiercely, murderously protective of Buffy to going out of his way to make people happy, even intentionally trying to sacrifice himself to stop Dark Willow, rather than finding a way to kill her. In the comic continuation, he becomes a total PapaWolf for Faith, too.
* Kurt from ''Series/{{Glee}}'' spends the beginning of season one working up the nerve to tell his single father Burt he's gay. It turns out Burt had known for years ("[[TransparentCloset When you were three you wanted a pair of sensible heels for your birthday]]"). Since then, the two have had a heartwarmingly close relationship, with Burt being fiercely protective of Kurt's right to be CampGay.

* ''Series/TheCatherineTateShow'' has a recurring sketch where a young man is afraid of telling his parents and grandmother about his homosexuality, who end up being very open-minded [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents to the point that it becomes very embarrassing]], such as when he gets a chocolate candy in the shape of a penis and money to rent a prostitute as Christmas gifts.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'': In an episode of season 9, Cameron has to attend his high-school reunion, and Vala tags along. When they arrive at Cameron's parent's place, they find his mother has made up only one bed, saying she has no problem with them sharing it.
-->'''Cam's Mom:''' I'm a child of the '60s, Cam. I could tell you some stories.
* In ''Series/LittleBritain'' Daffyd Thomas finally tells his parents that he's gay. Not only are they not surprised, but they also approve and want to hook him up.
* Johnny and Moira Rose from ''Series/SchittsCreek'' range from neglectful to overly supportive when it comes to their adult children. Johnny does seem a little uncomfortable when it comes to Alexis's past teenage adventures, but he is non-judgemental in the present. He also tells his pansexual son that he supports all his sexual encounters regardless of gender. Moira gives her daughter advice on seducing men, and she's downright impressed when a hot, towel-clad man comes out of her son's bathroom.
* ''Series/GentlemanJack'': Despite the series taking place in the Regency Era, Anne's aunt and father are both fine with the fact that she's a lesbian. When Anne discusses the idea of having her lover Miss Walker come live at their estate as her "companion," her aunt says she'd be glad to see Anne happily settled down with somebody -- her only concern is that Miss Walker is younger and extremely sheltered.

* In season four of ''Series/HaltAndCatchFire'', it is revealed that the Clarks' daughter Haley is gay. While Gordon seems initially upset at this discovery, it's more about his not knowing something so important about his daughter rather than any homophobia. In the final episode, Donna and Cameron agree that Haley is gay without any hesitation, and Donna calls her "amazing".
* The fourth season of ''Series/{{Transparent}}'' involves Maura Pfefferman, the titular trans parent, finding out that her father Moshe Pfefferman is still alive. After reuniting with him, Maura is surprised to learn that her father isn't upset about learning that she is trans.

* There's a quick moment in ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'' episode "The Kidney Stays in the Picture" where George notices that his son Max is wearing cologne and correctly guesses that it's because [[PuppyLove he's trying to impress a crush]]. It's not strictly relevant, but George ends up displaying this trait anyway in his following remark:
-->'''George''': There's only two reasons a boy would want to smell nice: Either he likes a girl, or he likes a boy. [[DeadpanSnarker You don't have the abs to get a boy]], so what's her name?
* Zig-zagged on ''Series/GilmoreGirls.'' Lorelai tries for this trope, even saying in the pilot that she tries to run her home as a democracy and pull the "Mom" card as little as possible. However, as the series goes on, she proves that she and her mother (very much the opposite of this trope) are [[NotSoDifferentRemark not so different from each other]], when Rory goes off to Yale and cracks under the pressure, veering from the carefully cultivated path Lorelai has guided her on for her entire life. Lorelai freaks out and this causes a months-long estrangement between her and Rory.

* ''Series/{{Euphoria}}'': It is casually shown Leslie doesn't care about Rue's being openly a lesbian at all.
* ''Series/{{Twenties}}'': Hattie's mom Esther is very accepting of her sexuality, even watching some lesbian porn so she can understand her better (Hattie [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents finds that embarrassing]] and asks her to stop it, while saying it's [[GirlOnGirlIsHot for straight men anyway]]).
* ''Series/AvocadoToast'': Molly's mother doesn't mind in the least that she's bisexual, and then drops her own bombshell that her parents have been in an [[{{Polyamory}} open marriage]] for over forty years, freaking Molly out as she [[ParentalSexualitySquick imagines them with other people]] after hearing this, running away.

* A variant with a [[ParentalSubstitute guardian]] occurs in ''Series/ICarly'': in "[=iWanna=] Stay With Spencer", Carly is at risk of getting taken away from her older brother Spencer by their granddad, who believes Spencer is too irresponsible and incapable of raising her. She attempts a stunt of suddenly getting {{Goth}} makeover (including hair dye and fake piercings) in the hopes that Spencer will blow up and discipline her in front of their granddad, [[SpringtimeForHitler but it backfires when he says he loves it]]. Their grandfather takes Spencer aside and asks him how he could possibly approve, only for him to reveal he ''doesn't'' -- he just sees Carly going through a typical teenage rebellious phase, and that it's more important to be supportive and encouraging than to punish her.
* On Series/TheKingOfQueens, Doug and his best friend [[BlackBestFriend Deacon]] are both trying to have kids and Doug muses that if they end up being the same age they can "hang out, play football, have sex, whatever makes sense.". To which Deacon casually replies "Maybe all three.".

* Gaige from ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' is a TeenGenius anarchist who builds anti-bullying robots with laser claws ForScience, and her dad endorses her the whole way. When her SitcomArchNemesis stole her robot design, her dad asked her "You're gonna take that bitch down right?", and when Gaige's robot accidentally gibbed said SitcomArchNemesis, her dad helped her off-world by distracting the police with [[NoodleImplements a gas tank and a golf cart.]] The only thing he wasn't cool with was when Gaige cut her arm off and built a robotic replacement, but even then he seemed to get over it pretty fast.

* Implied in ''Videogame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'' where you can make the New Kid into someone who doesn't conform to gender norms. Their parents don't seem to have any real problem with that and it's stated that the reason [[SamusIsAGirl they treated the Kid as a boy in the previous game]] was to hide them from the government.

* Bob Null from ''Literature/BeyondTheImpossible''. Having his daughter become a super-genius and assembly a superhero team doesn’t change their relationship much. He also reminds Noriko several times that he’d be okay with her being a lesbian ([[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents despite her insisting that he doesn’t need to say it since she's straight]]).

* The ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'' franchise has a recurring subject matter of parents of some of the players or other people of older generations having a negative view of gaming. Arthéon's mother, already [[MyBelovedSmother quite meddling]] in the first place, restricted his playing hours because of that view, which put him in a CantCatchUp position to his guildmates and eventually led to his downfall. That makes [[spoiler:Tenshirock]] look like an open-minded parent when, in the webseries, he turns out to be the father of another character and to have at some point reacted to his son playing MMORPG by creating an avatar on the same game.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', in an episode where Xandir is working up the nerve to tell his parents he's gay. Trouble is, it's so obvious that the other characters initially mock him for being in a TransparentCloset. They then enact what it would be like if Xandir's parents hated the idea, going so far as to adopt personas of AbusiveParents, even when Xandir's not there. When Xandir finally tells his actual parents he's gay, his parents [[BrickJoke mimic the first response]] given by his housemates.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Ferb's father and all four grandparents have participated in their creations at some point or another, none of them even once questioning the massive, overdone creations they manage to put together. Their mom, on the other hand... Ferb's father is a special case. He thinks that the (step)mother gave them permission to do the things they do (which is true, only that she doesn't understand what they meant.)

* This occurs in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' during the times when his SecretIdentity has been revealed to his folks (before the ResetButton, that is). They're always shocked at first, but they happily and unquestionably accept that their son is both a hero and half ghost, despite their prejudice towards them. In the GrandFinale, Jack goes as far as claiming Danny should be his sidekick. Sam's parents however '''inverts''' this as they can't imagine ''anything'' their daughter does is for her own good.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': Professor Isaac Sumdac doesn't seem to mind his daughter having adventures with giant alien robots. [[spoiler: Then again, he knows she's half-Cybertronian herself.]]
* After an incident with Scarecrow, Barbara Gordon in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' decides to come clean with her father, Commissioner Gordon, about being Batgirl. Before she can tell him, however, he interrupts her and explains that while he can't approve of what she does he's still proud of her in a way that [[SecretSecretKeeper heavily suggests he knows she is Batgirl]].
* The parents of Brainchild in ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' take this to an absurd degree, viewing their son's plan to [[ColonyDrop crash the Moon into the Earth]] as "a phase he'll get over"... Hopefully within, say, the next five minutes or so.

* Superman's [[HappilyAdopted adoptive]] parents, the Kents, are this in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. Their response when J'onn comes to visit and announces he's a Martian? "Well, we're no strangers to aliens here. Come in."
* Deconstructed with the parents of Goo from ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''. We never see them, but given they let Goo pick her own name when she was a baby and don't even try to discourage her constant and problem-causing friend creation, they seem to be ''too'' open-minded.

* O.G. Kennelly of ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'' is very open to the occasional weirdness that occurs in the show, as well as his own son's {{CloudCuckooLander}} tendencies. It helps that he's a bit of a {{CloudCuckooLander}} himself. Best seen in this conversation:
-->'''T.D:''' Dad, can I buy something weird I saw on TV?\\
'''O.G:''' Merely weird or really weird?\\
'''T.D:''' Really weird.\\
'''O.G:''' Okay, as long as it's really weird.
* Maddie's dad in ''{{WesternAnimation/Amphibia}}'' is completely accepting of the fact that his oldest daughter is training to become a witch[=/=]Curse Master, as long as she cleans up after herself afterwards.
-->'''Maddie:''' I swear, I'm going to kill them [her little sisters]!\\
'''Maddie's Dad (cheerfully):''' Make sure to resurrect them when you're done!
* In the third season of ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', Luz officially comes out as bisexual to her mother Camila and introduces her girlfriend, [[spoiler:Amity]]. Camila instantly gives them both a hug, begins wearing a rainbow heart pin in support of her daughter, and background assets show that she educates herself on how to better raise LGBTQ children. On the fantastical side of things, [[spoiler:she let the basilisk Vee stay with her in Season 2 when she realized how much danger Vee would be in otherwise. When Gus, Willow, Amity, and Hunter end up stranded on Earth, she opens her home and heart to them, doing her best to understand their needs, magic, and culture.]]

* On Series/TheKingOfQueens, Doug and his best friend("[[BlackBestFriend Deacon]]") are both trying to have kids and Doug muses that if they end up being the same age they can "hang out, play football, have sex, whatever makes sense.". To which Deacon casually replies "Maybe all three.".

* On Series/TheKingOfQueens, Doug and his best friend Deacon are both trying to have kids and Doug muses that if they end up being the same age they can "hang out, play football, have sex, whatever makes sense.". To which Deacon casually replies "Maybe all three.".

* On "Series/TheKingOfQueens", Doug and his best friend Deacon are both trying to have kids and Doug muses that if they end up being the same age they can "hang out, play football, have sex, whatever makes sense.". To which Deacon casually replies "Mabey all three.".

* Heineken lager used this for an example of their "How Refreshing. How Heineken" campaign. We see a Glaswegian man and his son playing pool. The younger man is looking nervous:

** Nobuyuki is also fairly open-minded regarding his son, too. When Nobuyuki sees Ryoko in Tenchi's room, he assumes that Tenchi snuck Ryoko in to sleep with her. Nobuyuki says that, as Tenchi's father, he should respect his son's privacy, and leaves them alone. Not that it stops him from trying to video-tape it from outside "for posterity".

** In the manga, things aren't ''that'' easy since they really didn't know and Yuu's father Youji even gave him a slap for not asking, but it ends up fine anyway. Yuu thought he was not Youji's son but Jin's (Miki's father, long story) and he felt forced to break up with Miki, as that would make them half-siblings by blood. [[spoiler:He's really Youji's son. Youji felt vexed for this and angry that Yuu wouldn't just ask them, so he gets angry for the first time in the 8-volume manga.]]

* In ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh'' Yuri is deeply worried about what will happen when he shows up at home with his entire boy harem, including fiance, from another magical world where he is king. Much to his surprise, his parents already knew he was going to be king, and are merely disappointed that he didn't tell him sooner. His (male) fiance then proudly announces their engagement, despite all Yuri's protests, only for his mother and fiance to plan a shopping trip to buy a wedding gown, much to Yuri's horror.

** when the time came for Nanoha to explain to her family that she's a mage and how she plans to officially join the Time-Space Administration Bureau, the only one who appeared even remotely shocked upon finding out that magic and different dimensions existed was Nanoha's sister, Miyuki. This might have more to do with the ferret she's been adoring as a pet [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turns out to be a guy]]. Even before that, during the first season, Nanoha has to join the TSAB for a few days to help out in their investigation, which necessitates missing school and staying onboard the CoolShip rather than at her house. What exactly did she tell her parents she was doing during this time? Well, no one's really sure[[note]]she ''says'' she explained the situation, but without mentioning magic... which really doesn't leave very much left to explain[[/note]], but whatever she told them, it was enough for them to allow their nine-year-old girl to run around with people they've never met for a few days.

** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': Mrs. Ketchum has no problem with allowing her son Ash, age 10, to travel the world - with or without any [[TrueCompanions traveling companions]] and amass a small personal army of creatures who protect him; it's a custom that borders on RiteOfPassage, after all. Plus, his friends sometimes crash at his place for arbitrary lengths of time as well; again, she's cool with this, and dotes on them almost as though they were her own children. In [[TheMovie the second movie]], she's slightly annoyed with him being right in the middle of the end of the world. But she loosens up later.

* Shinichi's parents in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' don't seem to mind that he's staying as a child so he can be with his girlfriend more. Not exactly in the beginning though, where Yusaku and Yukiko played a BatmanGambit to try force Shinichi/Conan come with them to the USA, so he'd get his condition cured and then testify against the Black Organization. He had to talk with them quite a bit to convince them otherwise.
* Kyu's mother in ''Manga/DetectiveSchoolQ''. When Kyu is back home one day, she tells him a "cutie" (his childhood friend Kaoru) has come to meet him and wonders if she is Kyu's girlfriend. She then leaves the home to buy groceries to leave Kyu and Kaoru alone. Later, when she sees Kyu and Kaoru holding hands (for an entirely different reason), she apologises for disturbing them. It's later hinted that [[spoiler: Mrs. Renjou is actually in a similar, but more down to Earth situation as Sayuri Daimon. She married Satoru Renjou fully knowing that he was a policeman who lived constantly in danger, took it in stride even when Satoru had to [[ItsNotYouItsMe almost completely disappear from her and little Kyuu's lives to protect them]], and ever since his tragic death she's sensed that Kyuu will want to follow in his footsteps.]] Hence why she offered little resistance when Kyuu said he wanted to go to the DDS, and supported him and his friends as much as she could. [[spoiler:She even lets Ryu live with them for a while.]]

* Souji's mother in ''Literature/GonnaBeTheTwinTail'' is... special, for sure. For one, she's not only okay about this whole Tail Red gender-swapping heroine nonsense, but she's also fine with Twoearle converting the basement of the house into a secret base, never mind her complete blessing for Twoearle to jump Souji's bones. In the light novel, she admits that both she and Souji's father were stricken by a serious case of {{chuunibyou}}, which is why she was totally okay with her son being a hero by proxy, as he was living his parents' fondest dreams.

* In ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', Mahiro finds out that his mother Yoriko is coming home early and worries about her finding out about his PrettyFreeloaders Nyarko and Cuko, partly because he's afraid she'll think he's the type of son who brings girls home when his parents are away, but mostly because they're {{Eldritch Abomination}}s straight out of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. When Yoriko does show up, she's fully aware what they are because she's a [[ActionMom part-time monster hunter and god-slayer]] (something Mahiro didn't know about) and is completely fine with them staying under her roof as long as they don't cause too much trouble [[MamaBear or hurt her Hiro-kun]]. Later on she declares that she's perfectly fine with Nyarko romantically pursuing Mahiro, but encourages her to take it slow, because "high schoolers should have a high school romance."\\\

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Chibiusa´s parents, Mamoru and Usagi Tsukino, are remarkably open minded about letting their daughter fight with them in some extremely dangerous battles, and deliberately allow her to go back in time more than once after her initial time travel adventure to continue with it, which is even more impressive given that Chibiusa has the mind and size of a roughly 6 or 7 year old child to begin with, and later on grows into something closer to 10 and 12 as the seasons go by. When Chibiusa stay with Kenji, Ikkuko, and Shingo, her grandparents and uncle are also rather happy to see her do largely whatever she wants to at whatever time and place with Usagi, Mamoru, and their friends who are twice as old as she is to start out.
* ''Manga/IThinkOurSonIsGay'': The series viewpoint character is Tomoko, a housewife who suspects her teenage son, Hiroki, is probably gay. Her narration makes it perfectly clear that she's fine with this, even finding Hiroki's flustered reactions to various close calls cute. The only reason she doesn't tell Hiroki she knows is she is willing to wait for him to come out to her himself. In the meantime, she offers what support she can, such as running interference when her husband, who has no clue about his son's sexuality, makes InnocentlyInsensitive remarks about homosexuals.

* ''Fanfic/HardResetEakin'' features Twilight dithering on whether or not to come out to her parents. She finally decides to see what would happen -- after all, GroundhogDayLoop. She does ... and the response? They already knew and had talked about it, deciding to let her reveal it in her own time. 'We found out a few months after you moved to Ponyville. I was cleaning up in your room and I found a box under your bed. Full of... magazines.'

* In ''Fanfic/LincolnGetsLimber'', Lincoln [[GenderNormativeParentPlot discovers that he likes doing gymnastics, but he hides it from everybody, even his parents, except for his schoolmates that are also in his gymnastics class by claiming that he's actually doing dodgeball]]. Two weeks later, Rita finds out when she goes to pick him up from the Royal Woods sports center, which prompts Lincoln to also tell the truth to Lynn Sr. that same night. While both of them are a bit upset that Lincoln lied to them about what he was really doing, they allow him to continue gymnastics because they're glad that he found a sport that he likes doing for regular exercise. They also promise not to tell his sisters or anybody else about it until he's ready to tell them.
* ''Fanfic/OneGirlWithTenBrothers:'' [[spoiler: When Luke comes out as bisexual who's dating one of his male classmates to his parents, both of them are completely accepting and supportive of it. In fact, the only reason why they're initially shocked by the news is because it’s not [[CampStraight Loni]] who’s admitting he’s [[MistakenForGay in a same-sex relationship]].]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2927333/1/Ariel-Belle Ariel & Belle]]'' (a ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' and ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' crossover): Early on, Belle confesses to her father that she isn't like other girls and wonders if there's something wrong with her; she admits that if most girls read the stories she did, they'd imagine themselves in the role of the princess, but ''she'' pictures herself as the hero who comes to the princess's rescue. Maurice's response is to laugh and say, "That's ''it''? Just as long as you don't imagine yourself as the villain, it's fine by me!" Later, after realizing how much she cares for Ariel, Maurice isn't bothered in the slightest; the second story says early on that while they haven't discussed Ariel and Belle's relationship in detail, he loves his daughter unconditionally, and has quickly come to see Ariel almost as a second daughter.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2'' Johnny becomes this for his and Mavis' son, Dennis. Unlike the overprotective Mavis, Johnny is okay with letting Dracula help Dennis bring out his vampire powers.
* Even though the Queen in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' is shocked to see that her daughter Fiona had married Shrek instead of Prince Charming, she still does her best to be polite based on how happy Fiona appears to be with him.

* ''Film/DuckButter'': Sergio's mother Susana is wholly fine with free love, even speaking fondly of life prior to AIDS where it was more carefree and is totally fine that her daughter is seeing Nima, another woman. Nima is uncomfortable at just ''how'' open-minded Susana is in fact.
* ''Film/{{Juno}}'': Juno's father and stepmother are incredibly supportive when Juno reveals [[TeenPregnancy she's pregnant]]. While they're shocked, and Juno's dad grumbles about [[GroinAttack punching her boyfriend in the dick]] next time he sees him, they get over it remarkably quickly and immediately focus on figuring out what to do. When Juno reveals her intent to give the baby up for adoption, they get to work in helping her prepare, meeting the prospective adoptive parents with her and helping her set up a doctor's appointment. They're obviously not ''happy'' with the situation, but never shame or scold Juno for it, and fully respect her choices and independence.

* In the Creator/MaeveBinchy novel ''Literature/EveningClass'', a young woman is explaining to her younger sister that she is actually her mother. She states that ''her'' mother's reaction to her out of wedlock teen pregnancy was to say, "Won't it be grand to have another baby around the house." Already remarkable, but even more so considering that this was Ireland in the 1950s, where such a situation was a ''major'' embarrassment.

* In ''Literature/{{Rick}}'', the title character's mom reminds his dad that he might look for a "cute" girl ''or boy'' when he starts middle school. Rick's dad tells him this after his first day, adding that he might just be a late bloomer, but [[DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild neither him nor his mom realize that he isn't interested in anyone because he's asexual.]]
* ''Literature/ThePaleKing'': Chris's mother defends her son's actions while dealing with her own issues with regards to feminism and individuality.

* There's a quick moment in ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'' episode "The Kidney Stays in the Picture" where George notices that his son Max is wearing cologne, and correctly guesses that it's because [[PuppyLove he's trying to impress a crush]]. It's not strictly relevant, but George ends up displaying this trait anyway in his following remark:

* A variant with a [[ParentalSubstitute guardian]] occurs in ''Series/ICarly'': in "[=iWanna=] Stay With Spencer", Carly is in risk of getting taken away from her older brother Spencer by their granddad, who believes Spencer is too irresponsible and incapable of raising her. She attempts a stunt of suddenly getting {{Goth}} makeover (including hair dye and fake piercings) in the hopes that Spencer will blow up and discipline her in front of their granddad, [[SpringtimeForHitler but it backfires when he says he loves it]]. Their grandfather takes Spencer aside and asks him how he could possibly approve, only for him to reveal he ''doesn't'' -- he just sees Carly going through a typical teenage rebellious phase, and that it's more important to be supportive and encouraging than to punish her.

* Saisyu Kusanagi from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', who apparently didn't notice that Kyo went missing for at least half a year after beating Orochi, and even then didn't bother to talk to him afterwards. The ''KOF: Kyo'' manga and other side materials explain that Saisyu and Shizuka (his wife and Kyo's mother) have known for several years that their son was destined for BIG battles and accepted said fact [[YouCantFightFate since there's no way they can avoid it]]. They'd rather let him fight and help him out than actively oppose to something no one can really escape from.
* Gaige from ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' is a TeenGenius anarchist who builds anti-bullying robots with laser claws ForScience, and her dad endorses her the whole way. When her SitcomArchNemesis stole her robot design, her dad asked her "You're gonna take that bitch down right?", and when Gaige's robot accidentally gibbed said SitcomArchNemesis, her dad helped her off-world by distracting the police with [[NoodleImplements a gas tank and a golf cart.]] The only thing he wasn't cool with is when Gaige cut her arm off and built a robotic replacement, but even then he seemed to get over it pretty fast.
* Mae's mom in ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'' tries to be this, and mostly succeeds. She's understanding and patient when Mae drops out of college abruptly and asks to come home, and doesn't push her too much, though she clearly wants to know what happened. When she briefly gets the wrong idea and thinks Mae came home because [[MistakenForPregnant she's pregnant]], she doesn't freak out or get angry, and immediately starts assuring Mae that she'll do whatever he can to help her and that she understands completely. She sometimes loses her patience with Mae, and even gets in an argument with her over Mae dropping out, but afterwards, she almost immediately owns that she went too far, and assures Mae that she trusts she had a good reason.

* In ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'', Nayuki's mother Akiko approves the presence of any haremettes in her home, much to Yuuichi's initial disbelief. The 2006 anime adds some light implications that she knows about the MundaneFantastic nature of the world and the girls and realizes that they need her support and his.

* ''Webcomic/CheckPlease'' has Bad Bob, Jack's father. Despite the name, he is a very supportive father through his son's [[spoiler: rehab and after that]], ultimately during Jack's graduation even telling him to [[spoiler:"go really say goodbye" to Bittle, whom he was in love with]]. He seems to be the only one to play it straight, though as Bittle's father is implied to be very conservative and Shitty and his family do not agree on most ideas.

* Most of the characters in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' have parents/guardians that are not only fairly accepting of whatever they're up to but seem to be actively preparing them for it. This may have something to do with the Mobius Double Reacharound nature of the timeline(s) there... or, put another way, it's heavily suggested that the guardians know about SBURB and the adventure the kids will be going on, as well as the fact that it's inevitable, so they don't bother trying to stop them.
* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' when Bob gets [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/377 chased around]] by a [[HumongousMecha deadly-looking robot lion]] that Molly built on a lark, he seems more annoyed than actually angry about it, and doesn't tattle on her to Jean.

* ''Webcomic/MagicalBoy'': In contrast to [[WantedAGenderConformingChild his wife's attitude]], Max's dad accepts his coming out as trans (though he admits he initially thought Max was a tomboy who preferred girls). A later strip shows him reading books about being supportive of your trans child.
* ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'': Mob is an extremely powerful esper with [[EmotionalPowers emotionally]] [[PowerIncontinence volatile]] powers and a SuperpoweredEvilSide that can cause mass destruction just by standing in place. The only problem his parents have with all of this is that he [[SpoonBending keeps accidently wrecking the silverware]] at breakfast. [[spoiler:His brother developing similar powers provokes the same mildly annoyed reaction.]]

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Subverted with Tarquin. Sure, he absolutely LOVES the fact that his son is a hero determined to take down villains like him because it makes for a much more entertaining story (and he can exploit it to his advantage). Despite their differences, he's glad his son is doing something awesome with his life and has a hot girlfriend ([[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents to the point of hitting on his future daughter-in-law]])... However, Tarquin is also a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain who assumed that his son was TheLeader of his party based soley upon the fact that he was the only [[WhiteMaleLead white, human male]] on the team, qualifying Tarquin as a racist, a FantasticRacist ''and'' a sexist all at once. He also once referred to [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} genderqueer]] elf Vaarsuvius as an [[ItIsDehumanizing "it"]] and attempted to frame Ian Starshine for murder simply because he had dared speak to Tarquin as if the two of them were equals... The final nail in the coffin for Tarquin's open-minded parent-ness came when it was revealed that he is ''not'' okay with his son being perfectly content in his role as PluckyComicRelief rather than the main character role that Tarquin wants to force upon him.

* In ''Webcomic/TrippingOverYou'', Milo's father Dylan meets Liam for the first time smoking in front of his house, [[SexyShirtSwitch wearing Milo's shirt]] which gives a fairly good hint to their activities of the past night. When after a friendly question Liam admits that he's indeed Milo's boyfriend, Dylan doesn't even bat an eye and instead invites Liam to stay for breakfast.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', in an episode where Xandir is working up the nerve to tell his parents he's gay. Trouble is, it's so obvious, the other characters initially mock him for being in a TransparentCloset. They then enact what it would be like if Xandir's parents hated the idea, going so far as to adopt personas of AbusiveParents, even when Xandir's not there. When Xandir finally tells his actual parents he's gay, his parents [[BrickJoke mimic the first response]] given by his housemates.

** Katara and Sokka are 14 and 15 at the start of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the original series]]. [[MissingMom Their mother, Kya, was killed by the Fire Nation 5 years prior]], and their [[DisappearedDad father, Hakoda, is off at war]], so it is their grandmother, Kanna, who calmly wishes the kids well when they head off on a planet-spanning quest to aid the [[HumanPopsicle long-missing Avatar Aang]] in mastering his powers and help bring down the EvilOverlord. What people forget is that the ''Avatar'' world is still basically medieval: 14 and 15 year-olds are young adults, not children. Further, when their father learns of it, he congratulates them on choosing to travel with Aang instead of him. In fact, he encourages it, seeing as they've already made a huge difference to the shape of the world and should be as well protected as they would be at home considering they're hanging out with a twelve-year-old PhysicalGod.
** According to WordOfGod (and later shown in a comic), [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Avatar Korra's]] parents, Tonraq and Senna, are fully supportive of their daughter's romantic relationship with [[HonestCorporateExecutive Asami Sato]] -- while they're obviously a little surprised upon first learning of it, they're very happy for the two, even going so far as to treat Asami like a second daughter. However, Korra's parents do make a point of warning her and Asami that not everyone may be as accepting of the relationship as they are. Avatar Aang is also depicted as such in this series, as he, because of his Air Nomad upbringing, has absolutely no problems with his daughter, Kya II, being lesbian.

** Jane's mom is open-minded to a potentially unhealthy degree. Examples of this behaviour include letting her youngest son live in a tent in the back yard for over a month, [[HandsOffParenting never punishing her children for ANY infraction]][[note]]although it should be noted that this is actually TruthInTelevision, as a minority of parents have raised their children without punishments and have instead opted to use gentle guidance and reasoning and "natural consequences", which ironically but logically work better than punishments[[/note]], and remaining in her kiln room for weeks on end. However, repeated exposure to all her children and husband at once does fray on her nerves a bit.

* This occurs in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' during the times where his SecretIdentity has been revealed to his folks (before the ResetButton, that is). They're always shocked at first, but they happily and unquestionably accept that their son is both a hero and half ghost, despite their prejudice towards them. In the GrandFinale, Jack goes as far as claiming Danny should be his sidekick. Sam's parents however '''inverts''' this as they can't imagine ''anything'' their daughter does is for her own good.

** Greg is very open to Steven's desire to be part of the Crystal Gems, only expressing worry when he sees how dangerous things can be. This is Deconstructed in sequel-series ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture''. Greg grew up with helicopter parents, who are shown to have controlled every aspect of his life. He didn't want Steven to grow up like he did, so he gave him near-total freedom. Steven expresses his anger over Greg's parenting style, as he spent the first 10 years of his life living in a van, never went to school, and never even [[spoiler:saw a doctor until he went of his own volition]]. He grew up without structure in his life, which contributed to self-destructive habits, and [[spoiler:a semi-official diagnosis of C-PTSD]], since he was never forbidden from going on dangerous, traumatizing adventures. After Steven's outburst, Greg starts talking about [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint how happy he is that Steven can talk to him about these things]], and how CallingTheOldManOut would have ended badly for him, which Steven immediately tunes out.
** Connie Maheswaran's mother, when we first meet her, is very controlling and strict towards her daughter. In the episode "Nightmare Hospital", after Steven and Connie protect her from two gem mutants, she promises to not only be more open to Steven and the Gems' [[PositiveFriendInfluence influence on Connie]], but she will be less controlling as well. On Connie's first mission, in the episode "Gem Hunt", Connie's mother has asked Steven to take pictures of Connie, showing her openness and willingness to allow Connie to aid Steven and Pearl.

* O.G. Kennelly of ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'' is very open to the occasional weirdness that occurs in the show, as well as his own son's {{CloudCuckooLander}} tendecies. It helps that he's a bit of a {{CloudCuckooLander}} himself. Best seen in this conversation:
-->'''T.D:''' Dad, can I buy something weird I saw on T.V?\\