Joel, caught in a war with an intolerant mother and a browbeaten father. An older brother who can't tie his own shoes without fucking it up, a lazy slob, and yet remains the apple of his mother's eye...what do you mean, get a job??? Then there is Joel's younger brother Cody, caught in a war not of his making.
Gavin and Davin, most likely the result of birth control that failed...think broken condom or the script for the pill wasn't refilled...That the parents were more concerned about the accidental pregnancy rather than the resulting children tells one everything they need to know...
Trace and Celia are they parents to a spoiled rotten child, or guilty of smothering him to the point of rebellion?
One thing we know for certain, dysfunction knows no class distinctions....