The LONELY LIFE of Horrid Henry

Do you think that Henry is neglected by his parents emotionally? Why do their Mum and Dad treat Henry and Peter so differently?
Lemme know in the comments below!

[raeesrichards]

Horrid Henry (book): Genuinely horrid kid.
Horrid Henry (TV show): Genuinely horrid parents.

[Deadhead-kqhr]

Henry going to distance himself from his parents when he's a adult and never contact them or let them see their grand kids

[alittlebitofeverythingyt]

Imagine calling your kid horrid when they want to do what THEY want, not what you want, and basically isolate them from their friends. Even as a kid I thought Henry’s parents were messed up

[bullymaguire]

Both brothers are victims.

Peter acts so perfect because he is scared that if he did even one mistake he will be disowned

[MRVEGETA-hbvm]

The sad thing is Henry must have loved those loud music and just sings in his room as a coping mechanism to forget about the lonliness

[benjamindavey]

And sending Henry to karate would have actually been a good thing for him, not just so he could follow his dreams. Henry does have anger management and aggression issues in the show, and martial arts teaches people not just how to utilise violence, but how to control it and use it constructively. It could have shown him a constructive outlet for his angry and violent feelings, and taught him that it's not wrong to have emotions including anger, as long as you control them and they don't control you.

[RabidRabitPlushMovies]

I wanna say that his mum absolutely despises Henry and his dad actually loves him but is constantly manipulated by his wife

[RinItoshiswifeeee]

I swear I hate his parents for always neglecting him and favouring Peter instead. That's favouritism. 😕😕

[owenleal]

Henry: "I do not like ballet."
His mum: "dont be horrid, Henry."

Like how is that horrid? His mum is actually a really bad parent.

[taha]

The fact that he actually cares about Peter makes me think he is not the horrid one, but Peter is, I mean what kid doesn’t want to be horrid when younger? All those goody good children turn out to be the worst when they are older

[Katoified]

he isnt even horrid in the show, he’s just a kid trying to have fun bruh 😭😭

[lordfreerealestate]

I was a child abuse survivor and I can't tell you how much I actually related to what happened to him. This show normalizes abuse.

[ThistleBristleBerry]

In the audiobooks there’s one time where Henry’s parents say to him that if he eats his vegetables for a full week they’ll take him to his favourite restaurant. After the week is up they go to the restaurant only to see it’s been changed to a vegetarian place. His parents force him to go there instead as his “prize”

[SpiderJack]

The sad thing is that Henry has a lot of potential. While he does poorly in school he’s quite clever in general as he almost always comes up with cunning plans. Also his poor school performance seems to be due to laziness not any lack of intelligence and he’s got some talent in music and science. He also has moments of kindness such as giving Peter a trophy and asked for nothing in return and took the fall for him when Peter broke a vase.
He’s a good kid at heart who needed a family who loved him.

[taha]

His mum’s reaction in the episode "Happy Birthday Peter" when Colin the Clown said he was will make him disappear was one of the most toxic moments in the show, even Margaret felt disgusted that just proves she cares more about Henry than his own mum does

[officialkirbyfan]

Compared to the book, Henry isn't a bad kid. He actually tries to be good morally but the reason why he acts against people is because people purposely put him in these situations

[marmthefelon]

i feel so, so bad for henry. i didn't realise this as a dumb kid. i wish he had a better ending.

there's often a reason for why kids act like henry.

[EarthyOSC]

Missed opportunity to call this "The Horrid Life Of Horrid Henry"

[DynamiteDodger]

this is just torture-corn at this point, he gets blamed for EVERYTHING and even though he tries to redeem himself he still gets the wrong ''karma''. i swear i would pay all the therapy appointments for Henry just for him to be in a safer place

[Grexan]

1:54 she says “don’t be horrid henry” as if her kid not wanting to do something he doesn’t like is a bad thing