The media product represents several social groups through common stereotypes. It presents the father, Tom, as both a stereotypical family man in flashbacks but also as mentally fragile in the present. The therapist, Fern, is presented professionally but not much is known about her social group. The mother, Shannon, enacts stereotypical housewife roles while the daughter, Angela, represents typical teenage girls. The son, Ethan, is depicted as an innocent young boy through his clothes and playful behavior. Stereotyping these various age and gender social groups allows audiences to relate to and identify with the characters.