Compare this family with IRL families you know. Is this one so dysfunctional? It's a large family, a truly extended one. Now my knowledge of real life families may be limited, being an only child who raised an only child. But this one seems to function well. Not perfect, but well.
BTW, Neko, I found a great Bday card in Arizona in March. It's perfect, although I had no one in mind when I bought it. It'll be on its way tomorrow. Be late, belated and all that.