Are the ‘rawr-ing 20s’ truly in full swing? Just look around you: some of your all-time favourite bands are having a resurgence, there are new festivals dedicated entirely to nu-metal, emo and scene music, and Wednesday Addams is the new ‘it girl’. We might only be three years in, but this decade is already rife with alternative culture on our screens, stages and beyond. Despite this perceived acceptance and mainstreamification of the alt. lifestyle however, a lot of people still don’t quite understand it. One thing that folks are particularly baffled by is the idea of gothic parents. With parenthood often seen as a period of ‘settling down’, people often imagine a mother or father figure as someone who has somehow softened themselves to allow children into...