context1: When Charlie's <strong>mother</strong> Evelyn was pregnant with him (for 7 and a half months), his parents thought that he was going to be a girl, since the ultrasound showed no signs of a penis. According to Evelyn, Charlie was always a little drama queen when he grew up. After his father died, of food poisoning, Charlie and his brother had three step <strong>dads</strong>.
context2: In an interview with the Milwalkee times, Frank mentions that his adolescence was the toughest time of his life. My <strong>Dad</strong> was an alcoholic and my <strong>mother</strong> was addicted to cough medicine. It was tough living in that environment.