None of the kids have parents.
If they do, the parents are evil, and if the parents are not evil, they get killed.
Im not saying anything about it other than it's weird....
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None of the kids have parents.
If they do, the parents are evil, and if the parents are not evil, they get killed.
Im not saying anything about it other than it's weird....
It's not just Disney. At least back to Treasure Island (1883), writers have realized that if you're going to have young protagonists, you have to get the parents out of the way so that the kids can go off on adventures.
Harry Potter, Roald Dahl books... unless you want the relationship with the parents to be one of the major plot points, you have to get rid of them. I don't necessarily think it's anything insidious. Adventures = danger, and good parents will keep their kids out of danger. That's why most kids with two parents live normal balanced lives, but they still enjoy reading about adventure.