''My Kids Give Me a Headache'' () is a 2012

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n television series, starring

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, Yoo Dong-geun and Uhm Ji-won. It is about three generations of the Ahn family who are all living in one house in the suburbs of

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, and how they deal with the societal discrimination that their smart and highly educated, eldest granddaughter faces when she becomes a

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. It aired on cable channel

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from October 27, 2012 to March 17, 2013 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:50 ( KST) time slot for 40 episodes. The series received consistently solid ratings, and its January 26, 2013 episode reached 7.955%, breaking the previous record of '' Reply 1997'' to become the highest viewership ratings that a drama has received on Korean cable. It went on to break its own record for the February 24 episode, with another cable drama all-time rating high of 10.715%.

Cast

Ahn family

''Patriarch and Matriarch'' *

as Ahn Ho-shik * Seo Woo-rim as Choi Geum-shil ''First son's family'' * Yoo Dong-geun as Ahn Hee-jae *

as Lee Ji-ae * Uhm Ji-won as Ahn So-young * Ha Seok-jin as Ahn Sung-ki * Lee Do-yeong as Ahn Joon-ki ''Second son's family'' * Song Seung-hwan as Ahn Hee-myung * Im Ye-jin as Ji Yoo-jung * Jung Joon as Ahn Dae-ki * Kim Min-kyung as Kang Hyo-joo ''Third son's family'' *

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as Ahn Hee-gyu * Kyeon Mi-ri as Shin Sae-rom * Jeon Yang-ja as Shin Young-ja

Supporting

* Oh Yoon-ah as Lee Young-hyun * Yoo Se-hyung as Min-gyu *

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as Oh Soo-mi * Kim Young-jae as Kim Chang-ho

Special appearances

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as Ha In-chul * Kim Ji-sook as In-chul's mother * Park Hyun-sook as In-chul's sister * Kim Ha-kyun as barista teacher * Joo Da-young as single mother * Kim Kwang-kyu as gas station customer *

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as Joo Jae-won (the man who went on a blind date with So-young) * Jung Suk-young as guard * Hwang In-young as cafe customer *

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as clothing store customer * Lee Seon-jin as clothing store customer *

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as divorce suit client *

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as In-chul's father in-law *

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as Young-hyun's mother *

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as Young-hyun's father * Hong Yeo-jin as Young-hyun's aunt * Yang Hee-kyung as Young-hyun's aunt * Ahn Hae-sook as Young-hyun's aunt * Cho Yeon-woo as Oh Hyun-soo, Young-hyun's friend * Kim Ji-young as So-young's friend *

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as Sun-hwa

International broadcast

* It aired in Vietnam on

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from April 8, 2014 under the title ''Cuộc sống không con cái''.

References

External links

''Childless Comfort'' official jTBC website
* {{Works by Samhwa Networks 2012 South Korean television series debuts 2013 South Korean television series endings JTBC television dramas Korean-language television shows Television shows written by Kim Soo-hyun (writer) Television series by Samhwa Networks