The Middle (TV Series)

Taking Back the House (2011)

Charlie McDermott: Axl Heck

Quotes 

• Axl Heck : This is unfair. You're parents. It's your job to put your kids first.

  Mike Heck : Who says?

  Axl Heck : I'll tell you who says. "The Giving Tree". You're the ones who read us the book. The tree gave up all its leaves and - and its apples and its branches, and it let the little boy cut it down so it could be a canoe. And it didn't complain and go nuts and kick anyone off the TV. It wanted to be a stump. It was happy!

• Axl Heck : God, if you don't want to do anything for us, why'd you even have kids?

  Mike Heck : 'Cause babies are cute. If you had come out teenagers, we might've had to rethink.