"Stone Soup" addresses modern families who don’t quite fit into the old version of the perfect family (mom, dad, 2.5 kids and a white picket fence). Through her characters, creator Jan Eliot explores themes involving a 10-year-old tom-boy, a 13-year-old self-absorbed drama queen, an opinionated grandmother, aggravated sisters (of all ages), a single parent in an unsympathetic workplace, a work-at-home mom, women venturing into complicated romances, and every other frustration and joy that comes from a house of chaos such as this.