-snip-
looked up.  As usual, her mother put on her "good parent" face.

"Midori, dear, you beat your best time by two tenths of a second.
Congratulations!  I'm so happy with your progress, especially now
that you're beginning high school."

Her father frowned his "bad parent" frown.  "The girl still has a
long ways to go."

-snip to EOT-

For the sake of a bad joke you might want to make Midori's mom into a 
tomboy who is like having another father.  Then you could describe this 
as "Good Pop / Bad Pop".


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