Thinking about it, they're actually a very functional family. They may not fit in with the rest of the world, but even the extended family is close-knit and loving. They encourage their children to be polite and do well in school (there's that line in the movie where Morticia is explaining the horrid past of the woman Wednesday most admired and wanted to imitate . . . "But we told Wednesday, 'College first'." There's no stupid misunderstandings between them, and it's quite clear Wednesday and Pugsly have a better grasp of sex ed than other children.