i have to admit that when i be young and i use to love watch this show and i actually think it be very realistic and that it have a good plot each episode . now of course and i be only 11 when i be watch the first season and i guess since it have grow up in it and i assume it be true to life . i grow up miss late season after mary go to buffalo to be with her grandparent . so year go by and not watch the show and not even miss it and but then one day i notice on abc family that they be begin to show the re run and so i figure i would watch the series again and give it another shot . the plot be basic and a minister family have daily problem and usually mediocre and over blown . we have eric and the dad and husband and he also a minister at the local church . annie and his wife and mother of 7 and she a home maker and try to do little job here and there and but i guess eric prefers her living at home . matt who be the old brother and he also throughout most of the series in college study to be a doctor . mary and the second oldest and a basketball star in high school and but go onto evil deed later on and the rebel of the family . lucy and the third oldest and the drama queen sister . simon and the fourth old and who be the bank to his sibling and be always have girl problem . ruthie and the fifth oldest and the little know it all who give advice and go to special school for her talent . and lastly and the twin and who be the young and do not really get much character development on the show . now we have major problem with this show that i realize and first off aaron spell cast unbelievably good look teen ( who look nothing alike and when theyre suppose to be sibling ) and not to mention their unrealistic reaction to their problem . i have learn from this show that you can heavily make out with guy and but it will never lead to sex . if youre a smoker and youre a bad person . you can easily turn anyone else problem into your own . when horrible problem occur that have nothing to do with you and guilt yourself and it your fault somehow and even if you have no clue what be go on . if your wife be on hormone and drive you beyond insane ( understandably ) and you remain patient and tolerant . also and if you have a few financial problem and have one beer and do not go to college because you wan na figure out what you would like to do and oh and no and you can not do that in the camdon family and they will just ship you off to buffalo . i think another problem i have with this show be that it somewhat sexist and annie be a house wife who really be more of a nut case than a strong female . if lucy and her husband and kevin and get into a fight and he just kiss her off and wouldn not talk to her about the problem . and in late season and ruthie get some kind of a boyfriend at a young age and and she say she would die without him and it be just ridiculous . another thing be how annoy an episode would be with a problem and some how everyone in the family have the exact same problem go on of some sort . the twin finish each other sentence be not cute and it show a lack of material for them . i do not mean to complain so much about the show and it just have horrible acting and unbelievable situation . while it might be good for pre teen and this be sadly not an adult show and it insult to the mind . i would love to say something good for this show and but i can not really and because it hard to think about one good thing that i could say and it doesn not really have anything good . none of the character be lovable and like ruthie and who be suppose to be the wise one of the family be more annoying than tolerant . it just a silly show when you really look at it and all i have to say to this family if i meet them be to start mind their own business and take care of their own problem .