Karen genuinely cares about Dot, while her parents don't, especially her father. In one skit, Ron called a doctor to prescribe drugs for ADD, and he desperately wants her to drug Dot. In another skit, when a man comes to see how the Goddards home school Karen, Dot is locked outside, knocking on the door. The man asks, "Who is that?", and Ron answers, "That's one of the neighbor kids".