Argenrii🖇️

I saw someone say once that they thought steven would be the stricter one and connie would be a lot more lenient bc of how they were both raised, and i DEFINITELY see that. Ik steven would be the goofiest and sweetest dad ever, he’s got all the stupid dad jokes and is crying over everything, but he’s the one who absolutely means business when she does something stupid LOL. With everything he went through as a kid I know hed be very overprotective at times too….. hes the definition of becoming an adult and slowly turning into your parents. He’s sitting at the table in the middle of the night like “Am i just turning into pearl rn” and connie’s like “Yeah a little”

I think connie has like. soccer mom vibes to me lowkey but not in a bad way. She grew up with her parents controlling all her activities and her schedule so i think when her kids find something THEY’RE interested in she gets sooo passionate and excited and supportive… Ngl imagine like barb at some points but I think steven keeps her from going overboard, she always wants her kids to be comfortable talking to her and telling her if she’s doing too much because She felt so scared to do that with her own parents. HUGE mama bear energy though. The one who goes into the principals office hearing crystal got into a fight at school and shes like “ok but did the other kid deserve it”

BUT they do probably swap in this dynamic sometimes too. i will NOT say steven would be completely passive. i mean, we know he can hold a crazy grudge. We saw how he acted w kevin. Connie did NOT gaf about that guy (mostly bc of her own discomfort but still), but steven was ready to KILL

And yeah he was a teenager but c’mon that’s not the only reason, he is just kind of Like That. It probably depends on who’s more put together at the time and who’s more willing to not cause a scene. Its USUALLY steven but like. Look just fucking pray that they aren’t both in a bad mood bro /hj

steven is THE girl dad btw he already loves feminine stuff and i think we as a fandom don’t talk enough abt that. He was definitely playing dress up as a kid too he will gladly let his daughter cover him in stickers and glitter and paint his nails and they will both have a GREAT time. Connie plays war with the kids they’re like recreating the fucking lion king scene in the living room. she and the kids have like paper towel roll swords and they’re sneaking up on steven while he’s working on smthn to “attack” him and steven is dramatically falling to the floor pretending to die.

It’s probably obvious but ik they’d be huge on gentle parenting! But like. ACTUAL gentle parenting yk. i absolutely think they— and ESPECIALLY steven for obvious reasons— would be SO passionate about the difference between gentle parenting and just permissive parenting/complete lack of structure and how much of a bad rep it gets

I mean steven, despite greg’s faults, was always raised to express himself and his emotions, and to not be afraid to do so… It’s one of the things we love most abt him!! And yk the gems were obviously NOT good parental figures at the start of the show by any means, but something i’ve always appreciated about future after we see them start to improve is like, the fact that they clearly realize how much they parentified steven and try to make up for it. They dont respond RIGHT by any means— nobody unfortunately rlly knew what to do w steven in future— but we see both greg and the gems ALLOWING steven to be angry with them and express that anger.

The biggest fault is that they don’t really validate it, but they do Listen, they give him space to talk and they don’t respond back with more anger!!! Which is obviously a very important thing for adults to do, especially with teenagers (even if it’s the bare minimum COUGH). He absolutely hates the lack of structure he had growing up, but there are parts he still appreciates and would obviously give to his kids tenfold. And ofc as previously mentioned, considering connie felt the need to hide so many things from her parents when she was young, she wants NOTHING more than for her kids to feel comfortable expressing their feelings to them. Idk they’d be great parents i think they balance each other out perfectly