
Divorced mother Ann Romano moves to Indianapolis with her daughters, rebellious Julie and wisecracking Barbara, where she struggles to raise the teens on her own. Ann tries to maintain a balance between being a career woman and caring for the girls, who she wants to be able to offer the independence she never had as a young woman. Schneider, the building's quirky superintendent, is a frequent visitor to the Romanos' apartment, where he offers the family his usually-unwanted advice on various topics. As the series progresses and Julie and Barbara get older, they head off into the workforce and start their own marriages, and Ann continues to mend her relationship with ex-husband Ed.

Ann confronts her daughters' new stepmother.

Barbara resorts to desperate measures to do well in school.

Ann and the girls are startled when a young man appears at their door looking for his long-lost father.

After a disastrous date with a high-school hero, Barbara takes Julie's advice and decides to change her image.