Folks who had the misfortune of growing up with awful parents, if you could choose a do-over with a celebrity couple as your parents, which celebrity couple would you choose?

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I'd probably go with Emily Blunt and John Krasinski. They seem like very nice, accepting people who would just want their kids to be happy.

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