Clark and Lois are not as attentive to Jon’s needs as they are to Jordan’s, but their reaction (or lack thereof) to Jon breaking his arm was particularly egregious. One line that stood out to me was when Lois said, “It could have been worse,” in response to Jon being upset about getting hurt and possibly not being able to play football again. It came across as incredibly dismissive and callous. This is compounded by the fact that neither of them bothered to check on Jon when he stormed off. (In fact, he is not seen again for the remainder of the episode.) In short, Jordan seems to get all the attention and support, while Jon is basically expected to take everything on the chin while also being a “good brother”.

Don’t get me started on the XK. Jon doing drugs is not wrong, especially in comparison to all the lies Clark and Lois told them. Jonathan has no powers, and Jordan does. Clarke spends more time with Jordan. He doesn’t realise that he’s doing real harm by spending most of his time with Jordan. That’s why he took the drug in the first place, but of course Clark doesn’t care about this.

Honestly, Clark was a terrible father. Logan Roy from Succession is objectively and factually the better father because at least his kids get nice clothes, nice cars, jets, luxury, etc.; their lives are 100% better than Jonathan’s.