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

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n television series, starring

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and

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. 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 ''

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'' 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'' *

as Ahn Hee-jae *

as Lee Ji-ae *

as Ahn So-young *

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as Ahn Sung-ki * Lee Do-yeong as Ahn Joon-ki ''Second son's family'' *

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as Ahn Hee-myung *

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as Ji Yoo-jung *

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as Ahn Dae-ki * Kim Min-kyung as Kang Hyo-joo ''Third son's family'' *

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as Ahn Hee-gyu *

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as Shin Sae-rom * Jeon Yang-ja as Shin Young-ja

Supporting

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as Lee Young-hyun *

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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 *

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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 *

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as cafe customer * Im Hyung-joon 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 *

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as Young-hyun's aunt * Yang Hee-kyung as Young-hyun's aunt * Ahn Hae-sook as Young-hyun's aunt *

Cho Yeon-woo Cho Yeon-woo (born Cho Jong-wook on May 30, 1971) is a South Korean actor. Cho made his acting debut in 2003, and his notable television dramas include ''Dear Heaven'' (2005), ''The Invisible Man'' (2006), ''What's Up Fox ''What's Up Fox'' ...

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