Songwriter Noel is struggling to write a hit song, and so he takes his frustrations out on his family. His daughter Dakota is granted one wih for doing a good deed and she wishes that her daddy will write a hit song. There is a sub-plot about kindness to animals that has almost nothing to do with the main story.

克拉莉莎一家是一个十分有趣的一家，妈妈是一个幼儿园老师，爸爸是个建筑师，她还有一个一出生就折磨着她的小弟弟，在这个家庭里，有趣的事情不断发生。她以一个女孩子的角度，通过和电视观众的交谈，生动地展示了她（一个普通美国女孩）的生活天地。由于克拉莉莎的诚实和幽默感帮她解决了一些真正困扰她的现实问题——如快把她逼疯了的弟弟，所以孩子们视她为角色模范。