How Modern Family portrayed Claire as the strict parent to overshadow one of Phil Dunphy's biggest flaws as a TV dad.

If her teenage daughter, Haley, never wakes up on a beach in Florida half-naked, then Claire Dunphy feels she's done her job as mom. See, it's not easy to keep everyone in line when you're raising ...

The extended TV family includes Jay Pritchett (played by Ed O’Neill), his second wife Gloria Pritchett (played by Sofia Vergara), and their son Manny (played by Rico Rodriguez); Jay’s daughter Claire ...

Still, Claire is the love of his life. Phil keeps their romance alive by sometimes assuming the identity of smooth-talking speaker salesman Clive Bixby. At the end of the day, family is everything to ...