Dr. Arthur Bindlebeep is the head of the family and a high school teacher. He and his wife, Norma, try to be model parents while learning a few things from their three children: 16-year-old Angie, 12-year-old Roy and 6-year-old Katherine. At the same time, Arthur's own parents, Lester and Louise, still have some lessons for him.
Dr. Bindlebeep's parents, Lester and Louise receive a visit, from Arthur, Norma, and the kids. He exercises regularly to stay like this. They play touch football, and Lester is injured. Arthur was acting like the son, but roles have switched when his father begins taking over the role of son, from his injury.
Dr. Bindlebeep and Norma are awakened in the middle of the night by a bear in their garage. As animal control officers set about removing the bear, they realize their car is gone.
Dr. Bindlebeep looks forward to a Saturday alone and some golden "privacy." However, all plans are disrupted when the Wrangler comes by to catch a pesky rodent.
Dr. Bindlebeep prepares to give a speech about truth in the media that evening and uses his family at the breakfast table. Of course, Driven by his desire to see a PG-13 movie, Roy tells a series of lies that sink him deeper and deeper into deception.
Dr. Bindlebeep gives great fatherly advice, about not judging others and giving them a chance. However, when a new neighbor moves next door he just can't seem to hear his own guidance. Dr. Bindlebeep spies on the prospective neighbors and offers general information about the neighborhood.
It's Dr. Bindlebeep's birthday and just to make sure he gets something nice, he slips each of the kids a little extra money for his gift. James, the most popular guy in high school strolls into the store and says he'll take Angie to a concert that night if she buys the tickets.
Arthur Bindlebeep has a new alarm system for his home security, but it keeps on going off. The phone, alarm company, and an electrician can't find anything wrong with it.
Norma's boss is selling the book store where she works, so she decides that she wants to buy the book store herself. She has 12 hours to raise enough money to buy the book store. Her entire family donates their money, to help pay for the book store.
When Norma has an all day meeting, she asks Dr. Bindlebeep to take over her responsibilities. These responsibilities include, feeding the kids breakfast and taking Guinness, the family dog, for a lunchtime walk. Unfortunately for Dr. Bindlebeep, Guinness takes off and disappears.
Angie isn't doing well in school, so Dr. Bindlebeep hires a tutor. When Angie doesn't go to the tutor, Angie is grounded. Later, Angie gives Dr. Bindlebeep a perfectly reasonable excuse for not being at the tutor. Arthur feels bad about not trusting Angie and removes the punishment.
Arthur's father reminds him about the family dinners, they would have, that never really turned out as a family dinner. The father decides that they should have a family dinner, again. Arthur and his father have a bet to see if he can bring the family together for a family dinner.
Roy has a crush on a girl at his school named Gina Antonelle. Arthur and Norma want to know more about Roy and his crush, so they ask Angie to find out more info about it. While he is getting closer to Gina he neglects his other friend. Eventually Roy discovers Gina has a boyfriend, which causes him to feel a little sad.
Roy is practicing a rap song while he is supposed to be at track practice and Dr. Bindlebeeps finds out. Roy reveals that he is making this song for a contest, the winner of which wins concert tickets.
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