All My Children - MESSAGE BOARDS

Hey there, soap fans!

I want to ask all of you a very interesting but particular question.

Why is this show called "All My Children?"

Originally, the show was very "family oriented" with grandparents, parents, children and grandchildren. It mostly focused on the everyday lives of the children and grandchildren (Linc, Kitty/Kelly, Phil Brent, Tara Martin, Tad Martin, and several others) of the Martins, Tylers, and Kane families (among others). Unfortunately, AMC has gotten away from the "family oriented" soap with classic storylines and have chosen to focus on a few characters who have very few ties to the original show. (Of all the characters the show currently focuses on, only Kendall has a "bloodline" tie to the original cast of the show by being Erica's daughter and Mona's grandaughter. (Ryan, Greenlee, Annie, Aiden, Zach, etc. have NO ties to the original AMC families). That's why I think Frons should have just created a totally different soap for all his "favorites" and left AMC alone so it could have stayed with its tradition and roots with only occasional "newbies" joining the show. AMC has had so many new characters coming and going over the past 2-3 years that they should have put in a revolving door. Unfortunately, all of the "history" of the show is likely too far gone to ever be resumed again ..... too much time has passed.

I guess now we would have to think of All My Children as being all those offspring of Ryan Lavery (The Sperminator). This would not only be the ones we know about, but also those we don't know about since he was so generous with his sperm in past years!!!

Well, Montgomerys were introduced in the early-mid 80's, so Greenlee has some close history too.

All My Children's title refers to the brotherhood of man. It's creator, Agnes Nixon, believed that it doesn't matter who a person is, or who he/she is, or what they look like, or where they come from because every person is a child of God. The poem at the beginning of the AMC photo album reads:

“Thee Great and the Least,
The Rich and the Poor,
The Weak and the Strong,
In Sickness and in Health,
In Joy and Sorrow,
In Tragedy and Triumph,
You are ALL MY CHILDREN
”
Ms. Nixon wrote the poem, which epitomizes the goal of the show's storytelling.