Article: Top 10 Korean Dramas Where Family Is Not Everyone’s Safe Space

Childhood is the best phase of everyone’s life. But it is not true, because none of childhood is the same. Every person has a different set of codes of conduct that they have to go through, and the same happens with parents. Not every parent is loving and accepting of their child, and not every parent out there wants the best for their child. So, if you are having a bad day and a fight with your parents then watch these shows which will remind you how good your parents are and how amazing your childhood went.

1. It's Okay To Not Be Okay

It's Okay To Not Be Okay is a South Korean drama starring Kim Soo-hyun, Seo Yea-ji, Oh Jung-se, and Park Gyu-young. It has one season. It was released in 2020. It has 16 episodes. It is a story about an antisocial children's book author. She is struggling because of her traumatic past and her psychopathic mother, who uses her as a commodity rather than a child. She meets an employee of a psychiatric hospital. He helps her get out of that trauma and fight her evil past.

2. SKY Castle

SKY Castle is a South Korean drama starring Kim Seo-hyung, Oh Na-ra, Yoon Se-ah, Lee Tae-ran, and Yum Jung-ah. It has one season. It was released in 2018. It has 20 episodes. It is a story about four housemakers from a wealthy background. They fight each other to get their children to come up front to others. But this makes their children live in a stressful and always competitive environment, where they are compared to each other for everything. This not only makes them unhappy, but they also get frustrated because of this.

3. Mother

Featuring the talents of Lee Bo-young, Heo Yool, Lee Hye-young, Nam Ki-ae, and Ko Sung-hee, Mother is a South Korean drama. It has one season. It came out this year 2018.  It has 16 episodes. It is a story about a substitute teacher. One day, she noticed a student in her class had scars. When digging deeper. she got to know that the girl had been abused at home by her parents. So, to save her from her abusive parents, she kidnaps the child and tries to keep her happy and safe.

4. The Glory

Song Hye-Kyo, Lee Do-hyun, Lim Ji-Yeon, Yeom Hye-ran, Park Sung-hoon, and Jung Sung-il feature in the South Korean drama The Glory. It has one season. The year 2022 saw its release. It has 16 episodes. Though it is a story about a girl being bullied to the level that she has to leave that school, and later she tries to avenge herself by giving punishment to her bullies. But the most significant part of her life being miserable after leaving school is because of her mother who just for some money left her daughter alone when she needed and not only this she blamed her for doing wrong. And later because of her she lost her well-needed job as a teacher.

5. Secret Mother

Secret Mother is a South Korean drama starring Song Yoon Ah, Kim So Yeon, Kim Tae Woo, and Song Jae Rim. It has one season. It was released in 2018. It has 32 episodes. It is a story about a mother whose daughter died, and she is carrying the guilt of her death onto her shoulder. She leaves her job after that and gives her sole attention to taking care of her husband and her son. But somehow, the trauma of her child’s death is haunting her and restricting her from loving her son and husband freely.

6. Save Me

Save Me is a South Korean drama starring Ok Taec-yeon, Seo Yea-ji, Jo Sung-ha, and Woo Do-hwan. It has one season. It was released in 2017. It has 16 episodes. It is a story about a father. His happy life turned upside down when his daughter, mysteriously disappeared one day. He doesn’t know the reason and who is behind all of this. But as he goes on the mission of finding her daughter he unravels many other mysteries.

7. I Have A Lover

I Have a Lover is a South Korean drama starring Ji Jin Hee, Lee Kyu Han, Kim Hyun Joo, and Park Han Byul. It has one season. It was released in 2015. It has 50 episodes. It is a story about a couple and how they decided to end their marriage after a traumatic event of the accident and death of their child and on top of that an extra-marital affair.

8. What Happens To My Family?

What Happens to My Family? It is a South Korean drama starring Kim Sang Kyung, Nam Ji Hyun, and Park Hyung Sik. It has one season. It was released in 2014. It has 53 episodes. It is a story about a man who sold tofu for three years. He has a loving and doting father. However, when he realizes how ungrateful his children have become, he files a lawsuit against them for child ingratitude. Following this incident, all of the children find themselves clashing with Soon Bong and with each other.

9. One Well-Raised Daughter

One Well-Raised Daughter is a South Korean drama starring Park Han-byul, Lee Tae-gon, Jung Eun-woo, and Yoon Se-in. It has one season. It was released in 2013. It has 122 episodes. The Hwangso Soy Sauce Factory, which has been in operation for almost two centuries, is owned by the Jang family. After the death of the patriarch's son in a train accident, the family chooses Jang Ha-na, the fourth daughter, to take over as head of the household.

10. Hi Bye, Mama!

Hi Bye, Mama! It is a South Korean drama starring Kim Tae-hee, Lee Kyu-hyung, and Go Bo-gyeo. It has one season. It was released in 2020. It has 16 episodes. It is a story about Cha Yu-Ri. She has been a ghost since she died five years ago. She left behind her husband and their child. To become a human again, she carried out a reincarnation project for 49 days.