Why are we suppose to care about Picard's child life

People tend to "OVER IDEALIZE" RODDENBERRY and his vision without being aware of what a MAJOR pain in the butt he could be:

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25 Nifty Secrets You Didn't Know About Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek is known for its amazing character relationships and interesting storylines. It's also pretty dark at times.

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Roddenberry wanted Deanna Troi to also stand out in another, more provocative fashion. He felt that Betazoid women should have four parts to their chest instead of two, not only adding to her appeal, but also signifying that she is an alien. Fortunately, veteran Star Trek writer D.C. Fontana shot down the impracticality of Roddenberry’s idea.

Of course, this would have also detracted from Troi’s effectiveness as a counselor, which was already a revolutionary idea at the time. The counselor stayed the way she was and went on to become an invaluable member of the crew and a deeply memorable character.

Gene Roddenberry initially rejected Patrick Stewart for the role of Jean-Luc Picard because he was bald

While widely praised as a visionary of his time, Gene Roddenberry also acquired another, less respectable reputation: he was very, very difficult to work with. Specifically, he was known as an extreme control freak when it came to his ideas. Everything had to be done in a very particular way. He regularly entered interpersonal conflicts with the crew of the show and would often double back on his previous preferences for what would occur on air. It didn’t help matters that attending so many fan conventions for Star Trek had padded Roddenberry’s ego to the point where he knew he was a visionary. Among the many difficult things Roddenberry did to have his own way on The Next Generation, nothing was more severe than his attorney, Leonard Maizlish.

It is no secret that Gene Roddenberry was a heavy drinker and habitual user of many illicit substances. He was also an avid stimulant user to stay awake while working on scripts. While Star Trek: The Next Generation was in full swing, Roddenberry’s health eventually took him out of the picture. It was clear that his health decline would prohibit much of the work necessitated by a showrunner. Michael Piller and Rick Berman eventually replaced Roddenberry to close out the series. He suffered a stroke in 1989 and was bound to the use of a wheelchair until his passing on October 24th, 1991 at the age of 70.

The Best of Both Worlds,” Captain Picard is transformed into Locutus of Borg, an intermediary member of the Collective. This episode was directly possible due to Roddenberry’s inability to maintain power over the show due to his ailing health. By championing the Humanist philosophy for The Next Generation, it went against Roddenberry’s core rule set to make a villain out of one of the regular cast. Despite this, “The Best of Both Worlds” is now looked upon as a turning point in the series’ overall character development and writing.

There was a serious issue on The Next Generation as it related to the writers who worked tirelessly to bring Roddenberry’s vision of the future to life. By the end of the third season, 24 writers had quit the show because they had to deal with Roddenberry

The Next Generation featured a grand total of 155 writers (including freelancers) over the course of the seven-season run of 198 episodes. The notion that TNG was solely credited to the singular vision of its creator is preposterous.

He initially wanted no part of it (TNG).