After DC FanDome and mulling over the new concept behind Superman & Lois as working parents struggling to balance their professional and personal lives. I started thinking of parenting in pop culture and how it is often represented in terms of our heroes. Spoiler? It is not always a good thing. It must be tough having to leave behind the call to save the day and the drug-like gratification that comes from it to have to change diapers and raise decent little human and/or super beings. I appreciate this story archetype and often struggle to find it believable when the hero seems to be perfect at everything they do. So with that in mind, I took a look at some pop-culture anime heroes that have elevated the struggle of balancing family and work to a new level: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Legend of Korra, Naruto, and My Hero Academia, as well as some thoughts on that perspective in the “Harry Potter” franchise (a personal favorite).