User blog comment:Cartoonprincess/Are Carly and Spencer *Too* Happy????/@comment-2208586-20110717131345/@comment-3180503-20110717132150

But, in the end, Carly (and the rest of the characters) are *human*; they have emotions. And absolutely *no one* that I know is *perfectly* happy, without parents in their lives. It's certainly possible for them to be happy and have a great life, but it has to be at least a little bit bewildering growing up without *both* your parents, and it's gotta be even *harder* on Spencer!

What I don't understand is why they decide to focus on *Sam's* unhappiness. (Which is obviously directed from her home life.) I guess Sam may have a parental figure in her life, but it's not a very good one, which is why she always stays at Carly's. lol