Charles “Charlie” Baker (born July 9, 1986) is the second child of the Baker family and the oldest son. Charlie is 17/18 years old and a typical teenager who becomes more rebellious than he has been ever since he moved to Evanston IL, and just wants to be cool with his former girlfriend (since he moved) named Beth. He has lived in Midland since he was 9 years old and plays the Quarterback position in his High School Football team, and, as such, he accuses his parents of ruining his life when they move to Evanston. Frustrated and homesick, his relationship with his siblings suffers, who begin to view him as a "jerk." Charlie signs up for football at his new school, but is dismissed as a farm boy by the coaches, who refer to him as "skippy", mock him and his father about how Charlie's father sucked at football to Shake, and discriminate him for being a person from farmlands. He goes to his father to tell him about his concerns and how the school is disrepectful to him, but finds that his father's preoccupation with his work has relegated his children to number two in his life.